With the Louisiana Radio Network Legislative Report, I’m Matt Doyle.
Governor John Bel Edwards laid out his legislative agenda to lawmakers on the first day of the 2019 legislative session. Edwards spoke for nearly 40 minutes during a joint session of the House and Senate and said his top priority is to give teachers a one-thousand dollar increase in pay…
cut 11 (06) “…teachers deserve more”
Edwards is also seeking a 500-dollar increase in pay for school support workers and he wants to see more money put into the classroom, increasing the public school education budget for just the second time in the last 10 years.
But House Education Chairman Nancy Landry is not on board with that proposal….
cut 15 (10) “…urgency there”
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Last fall voters in 47 out of 64 parishes approved online fantasy sports betting, and now lawmakers are tasked with figuring out how to regulate the game in the session that kicks off today. River Ridge Representative Kirk Talbot says they plan on copying the laws passed in other states, but are considering one change…
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It’s been a dozen years since the last term limit purge in the legislature, and now dozens of lawmakers are taking part in what will likely be their last legislative session, as the class of 2007 is set to hit their 12 year limit. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau says that turnover will mean a major learning curve for next year’s freshman.
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But Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton says it’s a chance for effective leaders to run for office in other seats…
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