Governor Edwards indicates he supports splitting the top job at LSU and creating two positions, chancellor which would run the university and president which would oversee the entire system. Kevin Barnhart reports it would undo consolidation of LSU leadership that happened under former Governor Bobby Jindal in 2012.
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We’re seeing a wintry mix this morning in Caddo, DeSoto and Sabine Parishes. The Shreveport Regional Airport is reporting a mixture of light rain and ice pellets.

Louisiana public school teachers received a pay raise of one-thousand dollars last year, but the average salary in the Bayou State for a teacher is still not at the Southern Regional Average. Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Larry Carter says they will lobby lawmakers to get teacher salaries to the southern regional average this year…
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Teachers on average make about 50-thousand dollars in Louisiana, 18-hundred dollars short of the regional average.

Rookie sensation Zion Williamson takes the court for the Pelicans tonight against the Spurs in New Orleans, the top overall pick’s first game with the team after tearing his meniscus in the preseason. Locked on Pelicans podcast publisher Jake Madison says Williamson joins a team that is clicking, winners of 10 of their last 14.
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Tip off is at 8:30.