Governor Landry says teachers will get their stipend for next school year, one way or another. Andrew Greenstein has some insight.

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The governor also made a big announcement in Central Louisiana today as Applied Digital Corporation has announced plans to develop a three-point-six billion dollar artificial intelligence factory campus in Rapides Parish in the town of Boyce. The new campus will support 200 new full-time jobs with operations beginning next year.

At the SEC Spring Meetings, Commissioner Greg Sankey said the league will not take a firm stance this week on expanding the College Football Playoff from 12 to 24 teams. Sankey says any position that the SEC takes on this issue, will be after school leaders and coaches receive all of the information…

Cut 7 (12) “…moving forward.”

There is a concern a 24-team playoff will devalue the regular season.

Southeastern Louisiana has won the honor of best college campus in the state according to a study done by Niche, which is a college search website. S-L-U president Doctor Wiliam Wainwright says the school received high marks for its campus food, housing, diversity and social scene and all of that helps a student perform well…

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Governor Landry says teachers will get their stipend for next school year, one way or another. Andrew Greenstein has some insight.

Cut 2 (33) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

D’Shay Oaks, the president of the Louisiana Association of Educators, says given how teachers have helped improve math and reading scores in this state, the state should reward them accordingly.

Cut 13 (07)  “…the stipend statewide.”

Southeastern Louisiana has been ranked as the best college campus in the state according to a ranking put together by Niche, which is a college search website. S-L-U president William Wainwright says the school was rated highly for its campus food, housing, diversity, social scene, safety and he often hears from students that appreciate the low teacher-student ratio…

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Tulane finished second in the ranking, followed by U-L Lafayette, Northwestern State and L-S-U Alexandria.

Expanding the college football playoff to 24 teams is a major talking point at the SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Florida. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says under the current 12-team playoff, every regular season game matters. He says That could change if the C-F-P is expanded to 24 teams…

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Governor Jeff Landry tells public school teachers at a press conference that the state plans to fund a two-thousand-dollar stipend that’s part of a teacher’s annual salary. Landry says in the next week, the Legislature will pass a budget for next fiscal year and somewhere inside that spending plan they will come up with the money to pay for the two-thousand-dollar stipend.

Cut 9 (11)  “…my own.”

There is currently no state funding for the stipend, because the governor and the Legislature were counting on the passage of Constitutional Amendment 3, which failed on May 16th.

President of the Louisiana Association of Educators, D’Shay Oaks, predicts devastating effects for teachers if they lose out on two-thousand dollars as part of their salary…

Cut 15 (10) “…from their families”

At the SEC Spring Meetings, Commissioner Greg Sankey said the league will not take a firm stance this week on expanding the College Football Playoff from 12 to 24 teams. Sankey says instead, they will use the meetings to brief university leaders and coaches on the pros and cons of an expansion…

Cut 6 (10) “…time.”

College football leaders have until December 1^st to decide if they want to expand the C-F-P to 24 teams, 16 teams or stay at 12 for the 2027 season.

Southeastern Louisiana has won the honor of best college campus in the state according to a study done Niche, which is a college search website. S-L-U president Doctor Wiliam Wainwright says the school received high marks for its campus food, housing, diversity and social scene and all of that helps a student perform well…

Cut 4 (08) “…and graduation”

There may be hope for an extension of the teacher stipend. Governor Landry and legislative leaders will hold a news conference at 11:30 this morning and the topic is teacher pay. D’Shay Oaks, the president of the Louisiana Association of Educators, says given how teachers have helped students improve academically, the legislature should reward them accordingly.

Cut 13 (07)  “…the stipend statewide.”

According to the Louisiana Illuminator, Landry will announce at the press conference that he’s looking to take 150-million dollars from the general school district fund and use that to pay teachers.

There’s a week to go in the legislative session and Jeremy Alford of Lapolitics-dot-com says there is a lot of work left for lawmakers…

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And that bill actually received final legislative passage last night and it will result in an additional 50-million dollars to help homeowners pay for a fortified roof.

The SEC spring meetings kick off today, and doubling the size of the College Football Playoff will be a major topic. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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LSU football coach Lane Kiffin could be reprimanded for what he told Vanity Fair. Kiffin told the magazine that when he was coaching at Ole Miss, recruits told him their grandparents did not want them to live in Oxford because of it’s ties to the Confederacy. Kiffin has defended his comments by saying that people are not reading the actual words in the article and those comments came from family members of recruits and that is not his own opinion

Governor Jeff Landry and legislative leaders will hold a press conference later this morning to discuss teacher pay. Public school teachers are in jeopardy of losing a two-thousand-dollar stipend because Constitutional Amendment Three failed on the May 16^th ballot. According to the Louisiana Illuminator, Landry is proposing that 150-million dollars that normally is dedicated to K-through-12 school operations replace the two-thousand dollar stipend.

We spoke with D’Shay Oaks, president of the Louisiana Association of Educators, before the governor announced this morning’s press conference and she told us if state government was NOT going to supply the two-thousand-dollar stipend, it would be left up to local school districts…

Cut 14 (11) “….local school districts.”

We will have more on this developing story as the day progresses.

Men at high risk for prostate cancer will soon have fewer barriers to get prostate cancer screenings. A bill that would eliminate cost-sharing for prostate cancer screening for high-risk men is now awaiting Governor Landry’s signature. Alice Kline, the Louisiana government relations director at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, says this will make it a lot easier for those men to get those life-saving screenings.

Cut 10 (11) “…with that screening.”

Kline says prostate cancer is a major concern among men, particularly over the age of 50.

After missing the NCAA Baseball Tournament last season, the Ragin Cajuns are in a Regional this year, as they are the three-seed in the Starkville Regional. Coach Matt Deggs…

Cut 16 (13) “…the expectation”

U-L Lafayette will play Friday night against Cincinnati.

It’s Memorial Day. Louisiana Veterans Affairs Secretary Charlton Meginley says it’s a day to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice…

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More than 11-thousand flags are planted on the Capitol grounds, with each flag representing a life lost in the line of duty.

State lawmakers have one more week left before the regular session must come to close. A bill nearing final legislative passage would give the Republican and Democratic parties the option of allowing “no party” voters to vote in their primaries. In Senate Governmental Affairs, New Iberia Senator Blake Miguez asked Secretary of State Nancy Landry if the parties closed their primaries to just their voters, can the state effectively educate voters…

Cut 15 (11) “…resources.”

The full Senate still has to vote on this bill.

A bill that would designate Shreveport as the Stuffed Shrimp Capital of Louisiana is nearing final legislative passage. The bill’s, author Shreveport Representative Joy Walters, was asked in Senate Governmental Affairs, how do you cook stuffed shrimp…

Cut 6 (12) “…deep fried.”

The legislation is awaiting a vote by the full Senate before it heads to the governor’s desk.

Willis Knighton Health in Shreveport is the first hospital in the region that’s performing a new liver cancer treatment that uses high-frequency waves to selectively destroy liver tumors. Director of Willis Knighton Advanced Surgery Center, Doctor Gazi Zibari, says he’s hopeful this kind of technology can one day be used to treat other forms of cancer…

Cut 11 (11) “…here to stay”