The Louisiana House has approved a proposed budget for next fiscal year that does not contain Governor John Bel Edwards’ proposed two-thousand-dollar annual teacher pay raise. Appropriations Chairman Jerome Zeringue says teachers can still receive a raise from their local school systems because there’s money in the budget to pay down teacher retirement debt. But it’s a plan Shreveport Representative Tammy Phelps doesn’t like…
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The state Senate will begin discussions on its budget plan next week.
An experimental drug developed by Eli Lilly appears to slow cognitive decline by 35% in people with Alzheimer’s disease. LSU Pennington BioMedical Research Center Professor Dr. Owen Carmichael…
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The coronation of King Charles III will take place Saturday morning, almost 70 years after his mother Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. Historian and LSU Professor Meredith Veldman says during the last coronation when the Archbishop of Canterbury anointed the Queen, that part of the ceremony was not visible. A tent was placed around her to hide the sacrament.
The coronation begins at 5 AM central standard time.
It’s another big weekend for festivals. You have Jazz Fest in New Orleans, the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, to name a few and Alexandria has its biggest down event, Alex River Fete. Special Events Coordinator Angella Guillote…
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The weekend lineup can be found at alex-river-fete-dot-com.