When the legislative session begins in April, teacher pay raises will be a major issue. The two Republican candidates for governor, Eddie Rispone and Ralph Abraham, gave their thoughts on the topic during a Republican Governor Association’s event in Baton Rouge. Abraham says he’d pay for a teacher pay raise through tax reform…
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But Rispone, who has been heavily involved in education issues, says not every educator has earned the income bump and he’d rather let local school systems determine who should see a bigger pay check…
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Governor Edwards is asking lawmakers to approve a one-thousand dollar pay raise for teachers and a 500-dollar pay hike for school support workers when lawmakers convene for the legislative session on April 8th.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says Governor John Bel Edwards decision to reform the Industrial Tax Exemption, which is a large property tax break for manufacturers, has companies looking at doing business in his state, instead of Louisiana…
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Abbott made his comments at a Republican Governor’s Association event in Baton Rouge. Edwards says Louisiana’s I-TEP remains one of the most generous in the country, even though local officials have more input on who gets the tax break.

The LSU Board of Supervisors is expected tomorrow to approve a two-year contract extension and a 14-percent increase in pay for Coach Ed Orgeron. Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says Orgeron’s annual salary will climb to four-million dollars…
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Orgeron’s buyout at the start of the deal would also be 10-million dollars.