Governor Landry says there’s no logical reason that teachers should not get a permanent pay increase. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Gov. Jeff Landry will discuss the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program and sign bills on this morning at the State Capitol. The program allows eligible homeowners to apply for grants to cover costs for strengthening their roofs against hurricane-force winds. That news conference is set for 9:30.
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A proposal to prevent the public from seeing the revenue share contracts between universities and their athletes was approved by the Senate by a 22-13 vote. Baton Rouge Senator Franklin Foil argued that if other SEC schools know how much LSU is giving to a particular player, it could give them too much bargaining power. But, Norco Senator Gregory Miller says the state is losing sight of its priorities with this legislation.
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A 3.6-billion-dollar artificial intelligence factory is coming to Rapides Parish, as Applied Digital Corporation plans to build a massive A-I data center in the town of Boyce. The project will create more than one-thousand construction jobs, and the new campus will bring in 200 direct jobs once the facility is open. Governor Jeff Landry…