The House Appropriations Committee has passed the state’s annual budget. Committee Chairman and Houma Republican Representative Jerome Zeringue (zer-ANG) says it will provide money for teacher pay raises, enough money for early childhood education, public schools, vouchers, TOPS grants, and for state colleges and universities…:
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The budget now heads to the House on Thursday.
A bill to raise the pay rate for bus drivers will be heard in Senate Finance this afternoon. Covington Senator Patrick McMath says the rates haven’t changed since the 80s and it’s getting more difficult for drivers to maintain the school buses they own, and it’s causing a driver shortage.
Today is the deadline to file your federal taxes and David Grubb has tips for procrastinators…
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After five people were shot in Baldwin last night the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance. Authorities were called just before 10:30 last night after a complaint of gunfire in the Rosebud Road and Baptiste Street area of Baldwin.