Governor Jeff Landry and legislative leaders will hold a press conference later this morning to discuss teacher pay. Public school teachers are in jeopardy of losing a two-thousand-dollar stipend because Constitutional Amendment Three failed on the May 16th ballot. According to the Louisiana Illuminator, Landry is proposing that 150-million dollars that normally is dedicated to K-through-12 school operations replace the two-thousand dollar stipend.
We spoke with D’Shay Oaks, president of the Louisiana Association of Educators, before the governor announced this morning’s press conference and she told us if state government was NOT going to supply the two-thousand-dollar stipend, it would be left up to local school districts…
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We will have more on this developing story as the day progresses.
Men at high risk for prostate cancer will soon have fewer barriers to get prostate cancer screenings. A bill that would eliminate cost-sharing for prostate cancer screening for high-risk men is now awaiting Governor Landry’s signature. Alice Kline, the Louisiana government relations director at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, says this will make it a lot easier for those men to get those life-saving screenings.
Cut 10 (11) “…with that screening.”
Kline says prostate cancer is a major concern among men, particularly over the age of 50.
After missing the NCAA Baseball Tournament last season, the Ragin Cajuns are in a Regional this year, as they are the three-seed in the Starkville Regional. Coach Matt Deggs…
Cut 16 (13) “…the expectation”
U-L Lafayette will play Friday night against Cincinnati.