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Governor's $45.7-Billion Executive Budget proposal calls for $3k teacher pay raises
Governor Edwards presented state lawmakers with his proposed $45.7-billion budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1st. That figure represents a $460-million reduction from the current fiscal year...
Feb 17, 2023 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
Attorney General Jeff Landry has a big fundraising lead over his gubernatorial opponents
Candidates for governor had to turn in campaign finance reports this week and Attorney General Jeff Landry has a huge advantage over his opponents. Landry has slightly more than five-million dollars, ...
Feb 17, 2023 Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R)
State expecting record-breaking crowds this Mardi Gras
It's the last weekend of carnival season and Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser said they are expecting huge crowds across the state this Mardi Gras. Nungesser said before COVID Louisiana had five record-br...
Feb 17, 2023 Travis Wise / CC
Shreveport police officer charged with negligent homicide in the death of Alonzo Bagley
Alexander Tyler, the 23-year-old white Shreveport Police officer involved in the shooting death of 43-year-old Alonzo Bagley, is charged with negligent homicide. Investigators say Bagley was unarmed, ...
Feb 16, 2023 A photo of Alonzo Bagley taken from Shreveport Police Body Camera footage, February 3, 2023.
After 17 years, the Road Home program ends. Related elevation grant lawsuits are DROPPED
The 17-year-old Road Home hurricane recovery program has come to an official end, and with it the state says it will drop lawsuits against thousands of people accused of misspending grants for elevati...
Feb 16, 2023
Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler charged with negligent homicide in fatal shooting of unarmed Black man
Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler has been charged with negligent homicide in the shooting death of 43-year-old Alonzo Bagley, an unarmed Black man. The incident happened on the night of Febru...
Feb 16, 2023 43-year-old Alonzo Bagley of Shreveport. Courtesy of Facebook.
Wanted: Registered sex offender for video voyeurism in Lafourche Parish
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for your help in locating 32-year-old Trey Rentrop of Raceland. LPSO Captain Brennan Matherne said after an iPad was discovered in the home of a woman w...
Feb 16, 2023 Suspect 32-year-old Trey Rentrop of Raceland.
Study tests the safety of favorite foods that revelers will pack for Mardi Gras parades
Food Scientists at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans tested popular parade foods to learn more about foodborne bacteria growth on favorites left out throughout the day. Researchers left food...
Feb 15, 2023 The Library of Congress / CC
Governor Edwards on library controversy: bills filed are a solution seeking a problem
A third state lawmaker says he will file legislation to make public libraries more accountable for children possibly accessing adult materials. Mandeville Rep. Paul Hollis, Carencro Rep. Julie Emerson...
Feb 15, 2023 Governor John Bel Edwards gives COVID briefing January 13, 2022.
Ask the Governor for February 15, 2023
Governor John Bel Edwards and moderator Jim Engster hit on a variety of topics during the governor's monthly visit to the Louisiana Radio Network Studios. The show starts with Edwards announcing the r...
Feb 15, 2023
