As Governor Landry promises he and the legislature will find a way to give teachers another two-thousand-dollar stipend, he also announced the formation of a bipartisan MFP permanent pay raise task force. The Governor says while public school enrollment has gone down by 100-thousand over the last four decades, per-student spending has increased dramatically. All while teacher pay has not kept up with inflation.
Cut 6 (11) “…it for inflation.”
Applied Digital Corporation announced plans to build a massive A-I data center in the town of Boyce. The 3.6-billion-dollar artificial intelligence factory will bring with it 200 direct high-paying jobs. Louisiana Central President and CEO Chris Massingill says this project has the potential to be one of the most transformational in the history of Rapides Parish.
—————-
The Louisiana House approves legislation that would prevent the public from seeing how much universities are paying college athletes. Joe Gallinaro explains.
Cut 2 (36) “…I’m Joe Gallinaro.”
Pelicans new head coach Jamahl Mosley has officially been introduced. The man who led the Orlando Magic to the playoffs over the last three seasons Mosley is known as a defensive minded coach and he talked about why it’s important.