1:30 PM News Mar 14

The Louisiana Federation of Teachers has officially endorsed Amendment 2, a measure on the March 29 ballot that seeks to make a one-time stipend a permanent salary increase for teachers and support staff. LFT President Larry Carter…

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Two years ago, teachers received a two-thousand dollar pay raise, but it’s considered a stipend and not permanent.

Louisiana is bracing for severe weather this weekend. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the storm prediction center doesn’t issue level 4 out of 5 risk levels often and that is the risk issued for Southeast Louisiana including New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Keim says all forms of severe weather are possible for Saturday.

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The risk level issued for Lafayette and Alexandria areas is 3 out of 5.

LSU baseball is mourning the loss of a beloved member of the family. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The LSU women’s basketball team will find out its spot in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night when the bracket is released. ESPN women’s college basketball bracketologist Charlie Crème (“cream”) says there are questions about LSU heading into the tourney and the biggest question is health….

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