Governor John Bel Edwards laid out his legislative agenda to lawmakers on the first day of the 2019 legislative session. Edwards spoke for nearly 40 minutes during a joint session of the House and Senate and said his top priority is to give teachers a one-thousand dollar increase in pay…
cut 11 (06) “…teachers deserve more”
Edwards is also seeking a 500-dollar increase in pay for school support workers and he wants to see more money put into the classroom, increasing the public school education budget for just the second time in the last 10 years.
But House Education Chairman Nancy Landry is not on board with that proposal….
cut 15 (10) “…urgency there”
Landry says she’d rather see an increase in funding for early childhood education.

Congressman Clay Higgins didn’t hold back in a video filmed just steps away from the charred remains of the St. Mary Baptist Church.
Cut 2 (30) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”

A Houma man is facing one count of second-degree murder and several other charges for allegedly setting fire to a person’s vehicle and the blaze spread to the victim’s home and upstairs unit of a two-story garage. State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says 37-year-old David Mason has been booked for the March 31st incident.
Cut 4 (09) “…of criminal conspiracy.”