Education After budget cuts, UL Lafayette approves third VP making at least $245K BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer Jun 25, 2026 Updated Friday with comments from University officials.
Education LPSS approves pay increases for bus drivers, support personnel By STEPHEN MARCANTEL | Staff writer Mar 27, 2026 The Lafayette Parish School Board recently approved a portion of its 2026-27 budget that includes targeted pay increases for bus drivers and s…
News CATS board delays contract for interim CEO under Metro Council pressure over former CEO's pay By PAUL COBLER | Staff writer Jun 21, 2022 The oversight board for Baton Rouge’s bus system delayed signing a contract with the agency’s new CEO under pressure from Metro Council member…
+2 Education Baton Rouge school pay isn't competitive, a consultant says. A big raise could be coming. BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 12, 2022 To catch up with its local competitors, the East Baton Rouge Parish school system needs to increase its salaries across the board by 8% — in t…
+2 News City Council rejects request to increase police chief salary to $170,000 BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer Jun 8, 2022 The Lafayette City Council has shot down a request to increase the city police chief's potential salary to $170,000 from the current $132,000.
East Feliciana East Feliciana eliminates automatic raises for workers; panel and supervisors will handle BY JAMES MINTON | Contributing writer Jun 7, 2022 The East Feliciana Parish Police Jury voted June 6Â to do away with salary schedules that include automatic step raises for longevity and gives…
News Ascension Parish approves major pay raise for parish presidents tied to other official's pay BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Aug 16, 2018 GONZALES — The Ascension Parish Council agreed Thursday to give the next parish president a major pay raise tied to the salaries of other top …
News Ascension Parish Council to consider raising salary for parish president BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Aug 2, 2018 DONALDSONVILLE — When the next president of Ascension Parish government takes office in January 2020, that person could pocket a $12,000 pay r…
Education Despite no raise in 5 years, ¶¶Òõh's public education leader among the best paid in the nation BY MARK BALLARD | mballard@theadvocate.com Sep 1, 2017 Though he hasn’t gotten a raise in five years, ¶¶Òõh Education Superintendent John White is the third highest paid public schools leader i…
+3 Legislature Turning a corner: La. colleges ready to claw back to where they were after years of underfunding BY MARK BALLARD | mballard@theadvocate.com Aug 19, 2017 For the first time in nine years, ¶¶Òõh lawmakers tapped the brakes in June and left higher education’s finances alone as they were approv…