The new fiscal year is underway and 38,000 state employees will see a two percent pay raise, but not just yet. State civil service director Byron Decoteau says traditionally state employees were eligible for a four percent performance adjustment on October 1, but that won’t happen this year…:
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The higher wages will cost the state an additional 48-million dollars this year.

Public school students will be required to be taught cursive writing this year. A law by Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell went into effect on July 1st, after being approved in 2016. She says this gave school systems more time to prepare…:
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The mandate says cursive writing should be included in lesson plans by the 3rd grade.

U.S. Senator John Kennedy is among 10 in the Senate who have sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell requesting that he cancels August Recess…:
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An Assumption Parish Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a crash Sunday, according to state police. He is identified as 21-year-old Seth Bourgeois of Thibodaux.