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The final votes came with lawmakers demanding to know what happened with the limit on teacher pay raises and the health cuts, objecting that they did not know the details of bills they were voting on

BATON ROUGE–Under a compromise approved in the chaotic closing minutes of the spring session Thursday, state lawmakers limited a $2,000 pay increase for teachers to a one-year stipend and cut

It was a failed legislative session likely to produce next to zero positive policy outcomes. Can anyone be satisfied with what just ended?

A Louisiana House committee advanced a resolution Monday to raise the state’s spending cap. A spending limit increase now seems more likely, though the total increases are less than the amounts proposed by the Senate.

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A Louisiana House committee advanced a resolution Monday to raise the state’s spending cap. A spending limit increase now seems more likely, though the total increases are less than the amounts proposed by the Senate.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The House Appropriations Committee on Monday approved a compromise plan to raise an expenditure cap and let the state to spend an additional $250 million in

More than 5,000 children are learning French through immersion in Louisiana, establishing a small but growing population of new francophones across the state.

Jeff Sadow says there was a good plan to allow local governments to provide teacher pay raises by paying down debt - and that's gone now.

Renovations for higher education facilities and K-12 capital needs again dominated the proposal.