Today the Louisiana House will debate the proposed budget for next fiscal year. The spending plan put together by House Republicans does not include the two-thousand dollar teacher pay raise Governor Edwards is proposing. Instead, House Appropriations Chair Jerome Zeringue says his colleagues are proposing to pay down debt of the state’s teacher retirement system…
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The debate on the House floor will begin at 9 AM.

The University of Louisiana and Ochsner Lafayette General have created an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program to meet the growing need for nurses. Dean of the University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor Lisa Broussard says students who hold a bachelor’s degree in any field can earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 15 months and tuition will be free…
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The program’s first nursing courses will begin in May 2024.

A Bossier City Police officer continues to recover from a mass shooting at a gas station off of Interstate 20. Brooke Thorington has more…
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An East Baton Rouge grand jury has indicted the driver of a vehicle where 19-year-old LSU student Madison Brooks was allegedly raped before she was struck and killed by a car on Burbank Drive last January. Authorities say Brooks blood-alcohol level was nearly four times the legal driving limit. Casen Carver was indicted on one count each of first-degree and third degree rape.