Landry calls for voter help on amendment to free money for teacher pay raises

Gov. Jeff Landry addressed the opening session of the Legislature Monday. Among those seated in the front row is State Senator Heather Cloud (R-Turkey Creek). (Photo by John Ballance/ The Advocate)

By: GRACIE THOMAS, AVERY WHITE, KYLAH BABIN, and IZZY WOLLFARTH LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – Gov. Jeff Landry advocated for a constitutional amendment that would create a permanent teacher pay raise as well as an eventual elimination of the state income tax in an opening address to the Louisiana Legislature Monday. Landry pushed for the passage of Proposed Amendment 3 on...

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