One of the state’s teacher’s unions has a new President. Matt Doyle spoke with the new head of the Louisiana Association of Educators…
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AAA says knowing what type of glass is in your car windows could be a lifesaver. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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US Senator John Kennedy and Congressman Ralph Abraham weighed in on a tweet from the President where he told a group of minorty Congresswomen to “go back to where they came from”.
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A suspect is behind bars in the murder of Baton Rouge African American History Museum founder Sadie Roberts-Joseph, who was found dead in the trunk of a car. The coroner says Roberts-Joseph was suffocated. The victim’s daughter, Angela Roberts-Machen praises the work of law enforcement.
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38-year-old Ron Jermaine Bell is in jail for the killing of the 75-year-old Capital City civil activist. Police say Bell was a tenant of one of Roberts-Joseph’s houses and behind on rent. Roberts-Machen says during a difficult time, the family found comfort in the thorough work of detectives.
Roberts-Machen says her mother’s hard work, sacrifice, and dedication has built a legacy of inclusion. It is a legacy she says will continue.
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Dr. Tia Mills has taken over as head of the Louisiana Association of Educators, after the retirement of former President Debbie Meaux, who served two terms.
This comes just after teachers won a 1,000 dollar pay raise, their first pay raise in over a decade. Mills says the plan is to continue pushing for a better salary in next year’s session.
Before the last session’s raise, Louisiana teachers were roughly 2,200 dollar below the southern regional average.
The governor’s race is set to heat up with qualifying next month. Mills says the LAE will be getting involved in the race and supporting Governor Edwards’ re-election bid.
Mills says she was encouraged by lawmaker’s decision to increase public education spending in the last session, but she says the new funding level isn’t the destination, but the first step.
Mills has worked as a special education teacher at Eden Park Superintendant’s Academy, and received the Horace Mann award for excellence in teaching in 2017.
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New research from AAA shows vehicle escape tools to bust out a window can be a lifesaver, but you need to know what type of glass your car windows have. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says tempered glass will shatter, but laminated glass like you find in a windshield will not.
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With many bodies of water around the state, one wrong move could result in someone being stuck in a submerged vehicle. Redman says 1 in 3 new vehicles have laminated glass windows that will not shatter, but most have at least one tempered glass window. It’s important to remember which window will break.
Redman says there the acronym SURE will help those in an emergency situation.
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State Republican leaders are weighing in on the President’s tweet where he asked a group of Democratic black, Puerto Rican, and Palestinian Congresswomen to “go back to where they came from”.
The tweet provoked a national controversy with many calling the sentiment racist, but Alto Congressman Ralph Abraham disagrees.
Abraham says if the four Congresswomen want to go somewhere else, he would pay for their plane ticket.
US Senator John Kennedy says the tweet was not worded well, but it was not racist, and backed up the President’s criticism of the four freshman Congresswomen.
The four young Congresswomen, known as “The Squad”, had been vocal of their criticism of the United State’s immigration and criminal justice policies.
Southern University Political Science Department Chairman Albert Samuels says the statement is racist because it taps into a history of telling non-white citizens that they aren’t patriotic if they speak out.
Three of the Congresswomen were born in the US, and the fourth was naturalized.
Samuels says see major state Republican leaders support the “racist” remark is a political strategy that taps into white racial resentment over the nation’s changing demographics.
Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwomen Karen Carter Peterson says the Republican Congressional delegation’s support for the “racist remarks shameful.”
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New Pelicans players Lonzo Ball, Derric Favors, Josh Hart and Brandon Ingram were introduced to the media on Tuesday. Ball says he’s ready for a fresh start in New Orleans after two so-so seasons in Los Angeles. Ball has yet to show the ability to score at a high rate in the NBA, but Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin says Ball is special on the defensive end of the court
Ingram averaged 18 points a game last season, while missing 30 games because of injuries. Hart played two seasons in L-A and is excited to see this team grow in the Big Easy