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Schools leader straddles policy, politics
Landry embracing fast, blunt style
Brumley drives academic gains amid culture debates
BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer
This is Cade Brumley in his element. Louisiana’s state superintendent of education parks his Ford Expedition outside a rural elementary school. He greets a school district official and asks about his wife, then strides into a conference room crowded with school and district administrators. He leads a lively and wide-ranging discussion on a host of education shoptalk, speaking about math instruction, tutoring and teacher certification with an expert’s acumen and a communicator’s clarity.
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Public radio, TV stations grapple with federal cuts
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Gov. Jeff Landry speaks Wednesday during a news conference at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.
Woodward’s ouster set in motion by governor’s comments BY TYLER BRIDGES
ward is not selecting the next coach,” Landry said. “Hell, I’ll let Donald Trump select it before I let him do it.” Scott Ballard, the Landry-appointed After firing LSU football coach Brian Kelly on Sunday, athletic director Scott chair of the board, expressed surprise Woodward began preparing to find his at the governor’s announcement when a WBRZ-TV reporter asked for his successor — until Gov. Jeff reaction. Landry made a surprise an“Well then, I better get to it!” nouncement. he said as he was leaving the inAnswering a question at a news conference on an unreterview. Landry kept up his attacks on lated subject, Landry brought Woodward in interviews on two up Woodward’s 2021 hiring of sports shows Thursday, despite a Kelly, saying it was a “terrible chorus of complaints that he was contract” that left the university Woodward meddling in the affairs of the on the hook for nearly $54 million for the remaining years. athletic department. As a result, Landry said, the LSU Hours later, LSU announced that Board of Supervisors, not Woodward, Woodward was stepping down immediwould choose Kelly’s successor. ately. The Governor’s Office on Friday “I can tell you right now, Scott Wood- said Landry had no comment for now.
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Landry’s role in forcing out Woodward is only the latest example of his philosophy to move fast and break things if necessary. His approach has invited comparisons to President Donald Trump and former Gov. Huey Long. “When have I ever moved slow? I don’t move slow,” Landry said during a 2024 interview. As governor, Landry has relished battles with critics, a surprise to no one who has known him since he was a selfdescribed hyperactive teenager in St. Martin Parish. When opponents of legislation to require schools to post the Ten Commandments said they would take him to court last year, for example, the governor shot back, “I can’t wait to be sued.”
Fundraising key to staying on the air
BY JENNA ROSS Staff writer
SHREVEPORT — News director Jeff Ferrell arrived before sunrise at Red River Radio. Until 6:31 a.m., everything went as planned. He unlocked the doors, flipped on the lights and switched on the radio in his office, forever tuned to 89.9 FM. He updated the weather in the script he’d printed the night before, knowing that if the paper jammed at 5:30 a.m., he’d be the
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