A Senate approved resolution that contains a 1,000-dollar teacher pay raise and an additional 39 million dollars for public education passes through the House Education Committee. But House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry wonders if the state can afford both the pay raise and additional money for schools…
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There’s one week left in the session and this has become the biggest issue left unresolved.

What kind of impact will opening the Morganza Spillway have on the state’s crawfish industry? LSU Agcenter Aquaculture Professor Greg Lutz says it will ruin a few ponds in the Atchafalya Basin, but the impacts will not be so great that the industry couldn’t rebound from…
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The spillway is set to open on Sunday.

The Senate will hear arguments on a bill banning drivers from touching their cell phone while behind the wheel after the proposal passed the House amid heated debate. Here’s a taste of what the debate sounded like on the House floor
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NOLA-dot-com reports Governor John Bel Edwards texted LSU officials about whether basketball player Javonte Smart would play again after reports surfaced that Smart may have received money beyond his athletic scholarship. Edwards’ lawyer says the governor only asked, because a journalist had asked the governor about it.