A public service commissioner is speaking out against Constitutional Amendment 3. That’s the one that would give teachers a permanent two-thousand-dollar pay raise. The raises would be funded in part through the retirement of three trust funds, one of which Commissioner Foster Campbell helped create when he was a state senator in 1999. He says he has a better idea to fund the raises — tax imports on foreign oil which he says he’s been proposing it for many years.
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A mayor and a police chief in Evangeline Parish are among five public officials accused of sharing protected information with a defendant in an ongoing criminal case. Ville Platte Mayor Ryan Williams and Mamou Police Chief Pat Hall are facing malfeasance charges. A sergeant from the Ville Platte Police Department has also been arrested and so has an officer with Opelousas P-D.
Through the first quarter of 2026, small businesses in Louisiana and elsewhere have found it challenging to fill openings. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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LSU was upset by Bethune-Cookman on the baseball diamond last night, losing 10 to 7. The Tigers are 22-12 and six of their losses have come against nonconference opponents. Bethune Cookman has an RPI of 212, so losing to the Wildcats will make it tougher for the Tigers to host a NCAA Regional in June. Tigers center fielder Derek Curiel says they will likely have to win two more SEC games to make up for Tuesday night’s loss…