The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to debate today whether Louisiana should have a centralized sales tax collection. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A state lawmaker is looking to boost teacher pay in Louisiana gradually until it reaches the Southern regional average. Monroe Representative Michael Echols on his Teacher Pay Modernization Act.
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Following LSU’s season-ending loss to Duke in the Sweet 16, Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey addressed a social media post that had everyone thinking Friday’s game was her last. Coach saying definitively, she is not retiring.
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Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center publish the first set of data from its RURAL Heart and Lung study. In Assumption lead researcher Dr. Stephanie Broyles says the study looked at rates of heart attack and stroke and how the numbers differ by age, income, and education level. She says education levels, not income or age, stood out the most – but not in the way that people might expect.