Governor Edwards has pledged a teacher pay raise of at least one-thousand dollars this year. But how it gets accomplished is unclear. Many Republicans have signaled their support, but suggest the pay raise should be funded with cuts in other areas of the budget. Senate Education Chairman Blade Morrish says no matter how it gets done, it needs to get done…
cut 11 (10) “….do it”
The average pay for a teacher is just below 50-thousand dollars a year, 22-hundred dollars below the Southern Regional Average. Louisiana Association of Educators President Debbie Meaux points out that teachers also spend hundreds of dollars out of pocket every year for supplies…
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Articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump were re-introduced last week, so we had a chance to talk with Louisiana’s lone Democrat in the state’s Congressional Delegation about whether his colleagues should move to forcibly remove the president from office. Cedric Richmond of New Orleans says he’s waiting for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to complete his report…
cut 6 (12) “….remove him”
President Trump has tweeted out that how can you impeach a president that’s done nothing wrong, had the most successful first two years of any president and is the most popular Republican in party history.