¶¶Òõh lawmakers approve Jeff Landry plan to cut school budgets to fund teacher stipends By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 24, 2026 ¶¶Òõh lawmakers approved Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut nearly $170 million from school budgets to pay for teacher stipends, according to vote tallies released Wednesday, though a court ha…
Court order spurs call to pause vote on Gov. Landry’s teacher stipend, budget cut plan By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 23, 2026 A court order temporarily blocking Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut public school funding spurred calls to pause a legislative vote on the plan, even as lawmakers faced a Tuesday evening deadlin…
¶¶Òõh teachers union opposes Gov. Landry plan to cut school budgets to pay for stipends By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 22, 2026 ¶¶Òõh educators overwhelmingly want to receive pay stipends, but they oppose Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to bankroll the pay boost by cutting public school funding, according to the results of…
Baton Rouge school board gives LaMont Cole two-year authority over job descriptions BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 22, 2026 In an innovative move, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is giving Superintendent LaMont Cole the power to approve or revise all job descriptions for the next two years.
+2 After redistricting battles, Southern gathers for Juneteenth celebration: ‘Continue the fight’ BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer Jun 19, 2026 Hundreds of community members, alumni and students gathered Thursday to observe Juneteenth on the Southern University campus in Baton Rouge.
+4 Inside LSU’s deal with ‘next-generation’ Hyundai Steel mill, largest industry agreement in school history BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer Jun 19, 2026 The $5.8 billion Hyundai steel mill in Ascension Parish will be, by all accounts, colossal.
Judge blocks Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut school budgets to fund teacher stipends By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated Jun 18, 2026 A ¶¶Òõh judge halted Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for teacher stipends by cutting public school funding by nearly $170 million after advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that Landr…
¶¶Òõh education advocates file lawsuit to block Landry’s budget cut, teacher stipend plan By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 18, 2026 Public school advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block ¶¶Òõh Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for teacher stipends by cutting education funding by nearly $170 million.
¶¶Òõh school boards consider suing over Landry’s funding cut, teacher stipend plan By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated Jun 18, 2026 Across ¶¶Òõh, school boards have been taking public stands against Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposed education funding cut, saying it’s the wrong way to boost teacher pay.
+6 Despite outcry, most ¶¶Òõh school districts can afford teacher stipends, auditor says By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated Jun 16, 2026 School superintendents might not like Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut their budgets to pay for teacher stipends — but most school districts can afford it.
Hosanna Christian Academy in Baton Rouge closes abruptly, claims state voucher program is ‘broken’ BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 15, 2026 Once the poster child for private school vouchers in ¶¶Òõh, Hosanna Christian Academy in Baton Rouge has announced it’s closing its doors for good due to financial losses it says stem from…
Years of struggle finally culminate in pay raises for Baton Rouge school employees BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 15, 2026 A big pay raise for educators in Baton Rouge public schools was debated, worked and reworked for years before it was finally approved last week.
Baton Rouge public schoolteachers win long-sought raises, averaging $8,500 a year BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 11, 2026 Salaries for public schoolteachers in East Baton Rouge Parish are increasing by an average of $8,500 a year thanks to big raises approved Thursday for the vast majority of employees of the sta…
See how much Gov. Jeff Landry’s teacher stipend plan would cost each school system By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 11, 2026 ¶¶Òõh Gov. Jeff Landry has pitched a plan to pay for teacher stipends with money that would otherwise go to public school systems.
+2 ¶¶Òõh school superintendents warn about proposed education cut: ‘We can’t do this’ By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 11, 2026 In public statements and private conversations with lawmakers, Louisian’s school superintendents are sounding the alarm about Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposal to pay for teacher bonuses by cutting…
+4 Multiple suspects involved in Baker High shooting that left 1 injured, police say. 1 in custody. BY TIMOTHY BOONE and OLIVIA TEES | Staff writers Jun 10, 2026 One student was injured and a person of interested was detained following a shooting Wednesday morning at Baker High School — the second incident involving gunfire there this week.Â
+5 UNO will revive its marching band as it joins LSU to jazz up campus culture and recruit students By MARIE FAZIO | Staff writer Jun 9, 2026 The University of New Orleans' long-dormant marching band is poised to make a comeback.
Longtime ExxonMobil official named as president of St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 8, 2026 A longtime face for energy giant ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge is returning to her alma mater, the all-girls St. Joseph’s Academy, to serve as its president.
+16 As enrollment declines and staff grows, Louisian public schools may soon face a reckoning By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 7, 2026 Joey Richard likes to say that he conducts research from behind his barber chair.
+4 ¶¶Òõh lawmakers pass bill giving teachers paid parental leave, but it lacks funding BY ELYSE CARMOSINO | Staff writer Jun 3, 2026 ¶¶Òõh lawmakers passed a bill to give public school employees a month and a half of fully paid parental leave, but educators won’t be able to take advantage of the new benefit this school year.
+2 Gov. Jeff Landry proposes cutting public school budget by $168 million to pay teachers By PATRICK WALL and MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writersUpdated Jun 2, 2026 Gov. Jeff Landry called for a nearly $170 million reduction in public school funding Tuesday to pay for $2,000 stipends for ¶¶Òõh teachers, who otherwise stood to lose the pay bump they ha…
+4 ¶¶Òõh schools must expel students who attack teachers under bill headed to governor BY ELYSE CARMOSINO | Staff writer Jun 1, 2026 ¶¶Òõh schools must take stricter disciplinary action against students who attack public school employees under a bill the Legislature passed this week that requires districts to expel stud…
+6 Inside Louisian’s yearlong residency program for new teachers: ‘They’re seeing it all’ By MARIE FAZIO | Staff writer May 31, 2026 Clare Melerine was teaching her third graders about the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union one recent afternoon when she abruptly called out: “Mirrors on.â€
¶¶Òõh lawmakers pass bill aimed at empowering parents in special education disputes By MARIE FAZIO | Staff writer Updated May 29, 2026 ¶¶Òõh will join a growing number of states that have shifted the burden of proof from parents to school districts in disputes over special education.
+4 Gov. Jeff Landry says ¶¶Òõh will give teachers a pay bump — but it’s not clear how By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer May 26, 2026 ¶¶Òõh will give public school teachers a one-time pay bump this year, Gov. Jeff Landry said Tuesday, though he declined to explain how the state will pay for stipends that top lawmakers pr…
Starting teachers in Baton Rouge may get a $6,000 pay raise, according to proposed budget BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer May 26, 2026 Public schoolteachers in East Baton Rouge Parish may be in line for big pay raises, including $6,000 more a year for starting teachers, according to the school system’s proposed budget for nex…
+4 Is moon dust the key to survival in space? LSU researchers are exploring the possibilities. BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer May 25, 2026 A key problem for NASA to solve in maintaining a presence on the moon, or even Mars, is providing the resources necessary for long-term survival.
¶¶Òõh teachers likely to lose $2,000 stipends: ‘We’re working our butts off’ By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated May 21, 2026 Louisian’s public school teachers, who are among the lowest-paid in the country, are likely to take home $2,000 less next school year after state lawmakers advanced a budget Thursday that lea…