Robert Gilliam of Minden and Wade Williams and Chris Mudd of Shreveport-Bossier have been identified as the three victims of a plane crash in Jackson Parish yesterday. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau knew Mudd and says he was a mental health advocate who pushed for smart spending at the Capitol.
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The plane, a single-engine Cessna, crashed in Jackson Parish, was flying to Shreveport from Jackson, Mississippi.
Concerns over lessening demand and uncertainty involving the Wuhan Coronavirus are likely to keep oil prices low, and volatile for the near future according to the LSU Center for Energy Studies. Executive Director David Dismukes says the phase one trade deal with China was initially good news for the industry…
The Edwards administration’s budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins on July 1st calls for a 128-million dollar increase in general fund spending. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the additional dollars will go towards education
The budget does not explicitly carve out a teacher pay raise. Dardenne says that will be left up to the individual school districts. Teachers unions are reportedly shocked and angered by the decision.