The House Appropriations Committee approved a spending plan for the next fiscal year that contains 15-hundred dollar pay raises for teachers. Chairman Jerome Zeringue of Houma says if this latest raise makes it through the legislative process, teachers will see their salary go up 33-hundred dollars over the last four years

Cut 6  (09) “…previous three.” 

There’s also a disagreement between the Edwards administration and House Republicans over funding for a new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge. The governor is proposing to put 500-million dollars towards the construction of a new I-10 bridge that could cost two-point-five billion dollars. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne makes the case why this money is needed now…

Cut 8 (11) “…infrastructure act.” 

A bill to require pornography sites to verify one’s age as a way to prevent minors from accessing their material passes in House Civil Law. President of the Louisiana Family Forum Gene Mills spoke in support of the legislation to require commercial entities that publish material harmful to minors to place reasonable methods to verify the age of those attempting to access their site.

Cut 4  (11) “…child’s development.

The bill now heads to the House

New Orleans representative Mandie Landry says tax assessors should be held to the same standard as the state’s legislators when it comes to term limits and her House Bill 288 would allow voters to decide if the state’s constitution should be amended to make that happen.

Cut 4 (05)  “…encourages and requires turnover.”

The bill passed 7-6 in House Ways and Means.