Debate has begun in the legislature about whether or not the state should invest hundreds of millions into renovating the Superdome….
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Meanwhile, are news partner 710 KEEL in Shreveport is reporting Bossier Parish teachers could conduct a strike, a walk out or sick out this school year, because voters overwhelmingly rejected a tax proposal to fund teacher pay raises. 74-percent of the voters opposed the teacher salary hike proposal.

House Republicans have pushed forward a 30-billion dollar budget proposal for next fiscal year that contains a 12-hundred pay raise for teachers, but it doesn’t include an additional 39-million dollars for public schools. House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry says school districts are receiving a lot of money, while teachers are underpaid…
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The full House is set to vote on the budget Thursday.

It was 12 years ago this weekend since 25-year-old Ronia Washington of Ruston was killed in a house fire. Her death has been ruled a homicide and State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says they are once again asking the public for information into Washington’s death…
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Washington’s family is offering a 25-hundred dollar reward for information.