The House Appropriations Committee has stopped an effort to increase the annual salaries of state lawmakers from $16,800 to around 39-thousand dollars. The panel rejected the proposal on a 16-5 vote. New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes voted against the bill…
Hughes believes an independent commission should be established to determine the salary of legislators.
When the pandemic disrupted life as we know it, many women fell behind or missed their annual mammograms. LSU Health New Orleans Surgical Oncologist Dr. Shawn McKinney says she, like other surgeons, is seeing the repercussions with more patients who have advanced or later stages of breast cancer.
Cut 3 (10) “…advanced disease.”
Last week U.S. Preventive Services Task Force changed course and advises to begin screenings at 40 years of age instead of 50.
Louisiana lawmakers approved a state budget plan that erased a proposed $2,000 annual raise for public school teachers – and instead put hundreds of millions of dollars towards paying down retirement debt. Representative Jack McFarland says this will allow schools to spend funds as they see fit which could include raises for educators.
Governor John Bel Edwards says he, along with the majority of those in the state, believes investments in education overall should be made while the funding is available.
Cut 13 (12) “…these investments.”
Edwards says he will continue to work with the House on the budget acknowledging that if the Senate makes changes, then it will also have to be approved in the House.