Governor Jeff Landry says state workers will be required to return to the office July 1st.
State employees were sent home to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic and Landry said remote work was one of the biggest negative effects of the pandemic. He is also encouraging employees of agencies outside of his authority to return to their previous office.
PSC Commissioner Foster Campbell wants to know why there was a six-hour unplanned power outage impacting over 30-thousand SWEPCO customers in Bossier and Caddo parishes Saturday. SWEPCO spokesman Michael Corbin says the Southwest Power Pool identified grid instability and required SWEPCO to implement emergency outages Power was restored by the end of the night. Corbin says whatever caused the problem wasn’t a SWEPCO issue and a much larger issue possibly in another state.
SWEPCO expressed regret for the inconvenience caused by the sudden outages, noting that the emergency nature did not allow for advance notice to customers.
The legislature is still working to give teachers and school staff a permanent pay raise. The House Ways and Means Committee has advanced House Bill 573, which would eliminate three education trust funds and divert two-billion dollars to pay down retirement debt, using the savings for teacher pay. Larry Carter, the president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, supports it, but he says passage of the amendment would come too late for the 2025-26 school year.
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Saints quarterback Derek Carr is speaking out about his shoulder injury. While leading a service as a guest pastor at ChurchLV in Las Vegas, Carr expressed frustration over social media speculation that he is faking the injury in an effort to get traded or to be released from the Saints.
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Carr’s comments come as NFL Network’s Ian Rappoport has reported that Carr’s shoulder injury may sideline him for the entire 2025 season. Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis, however, is not ready to write off Carr’s season.