Governor John Bel Edwards’ proposed budget for the next fiscal year gets introduced to state lawmakers today. It calls for a teacher pay raise of 15-hundred dollars, plus 32-million dollars for higher education faculty pay raises and a 43-million dollar increase in early childhood education.

The spending plan also includes one-point-one billion dollars for infrastructure improvements and the governor says that includes 500-million for a new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge, 100-million for I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles, and 100-million for the I-49 Lafayette connector…
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The governor’s budget proposal also calls for 500-million dollars for water and sewer improvements statewide. The budget will be discussed by lawmakers for the next three months.

We’ve heard the term shedding the virus when it relates to COVID and now there are reports of people shedding their hair two months later. Brooke Thorington has more.
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State police are prepping for their first-ever accelerated cadet academy. Sergeant Monroe Dillion says the accelerated academy is only open for police officers who are POST certified.
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Applications can be found on L-S-P’s website.