Governor John Bel Edwards is providing answers Tuesday night to public school teachers at a town hall style meeting at a Baton Rouge high school. The event is sponsored by the Louisiana Association of Educators. L-A-E President Debbie Meaux says the Edwards is addressing a variety of issues:
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Meaux says they’re honored to have the new governor attend one of their events and hopes he gives insight on the fate of funding for K-12 education.

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the murder of a Melville teenager. Capt. Clay Higgins says the body of 14-year-old Treyvon Goudeau was found in woods Friday evening and an autopsy revealed he’d been shot in the head. He says detectives searched a Melville home this morning…:
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Goudeau was a student at Port Barre High School.

Governor John Bel Edwards has received criticism about the amount he’s paying his cabinet members, but Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says his salary of $237,500 is what he was offered to tackle the state’s massive budget matters…:
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Dardenne says he is cutting spending on his office’s executive staff.

Severe storms prompted the National Weather Service to issue a tornado watch today for 31 parishes across south central/southeast and far northeast Louisiana. They say the squall line is associated with an approaching cold front which will cause temperatures to drop dramatically in the over night hours into Wednesday. The good news is that the forecast remains mostly dry, yet cool, in the days leading up to Mardi Gras.