A state representative has a plan to boost teacher pay to the regional average. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A pedestrian was killed over the weekend while crossing I-55 in Tangipahoa Parish. State Police say 26 year old Austin Gentry had been involved in an earlier crash, had exited his vehicle and was attempting to cross the interstate, when he was hit by a Toyota Corolla and died at the scene.
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Today the House Ways and Means Committee will discuss a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the state to implement a centralized system for collecting local sales and use taxes. The Tax Foundation says the proposal is sound tax policy. Manish Batt (Bot) is the Vice President of State Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation…
Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center publish the first set of data from its RURAL Heart and Lung study. Lead Researcher Dr. Stephanie Broyles says the study gathered data in Assumption Parish.