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Plan to cut school budgets blocked Landry can’t reduce funding to pay teacher stipends, judge rules
BY PATRICK WALL
the cut. Judge Richard “Chip” Moore of the 19th Judicial District Court in A Louisiana judge halted Gov. Baton Rouge granted the plainJeff Landry’s plan to pay for tiffs’ request for a temporary reteacher stipends by cutting public straining order to stop the goverschool funding by nearly $170 mil- nor from enacting his executive lion after advocates filed a lawsuit order, which calls for a $168 milThursday arguing that Landry lion reduction in state education lacks the legal authority to order funding this school year to pay for Staff writer
$2,000 stipends for teachers and $1,000 for school support staff. The 11-day restraining order also forbids Landry from continuing to collect ballots from the Legislature, two-thirds of which must approve his plan for it to take effect. The court-ordered delay is likely to push the vote past the deadline for the governor to veto budget
items. Some lawmakers have expressed concern that Landry could slash funding for projects in their districts if they opposed his plan, according to people who have spoken with them. The lawsuit argues that Landry overstepped his constitutional authority by effectively reallocating education funds, which the state
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education controls under Louisiana’s constitution. It also says Landry circumvented the proper legal proceLandry dure by issuing the order on June 2, a day after the legislative session ended, and asking
ä See BLOCKED, page 7A
Arthur’s remnants soak south Louisiana
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Widespread flooding reported, tornadoes cause damage
BY MIKE SMITH, MICHELLE HUNTER and LARA NICHOLSON Staff writers
The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur swept through southeast Louisiana early Thursday with torrential rains and tornado strikes, causing flooding in parts of the New Orleans metro area, injuring at least two people and leaving thousands without power. While Arthur did not remain a tropical storm for long after moving ashore in Texas on Wednesday, its sprawling bands and severe weather
ä See ARTHUR, page 5A
STAFF PHOTOS By BRAD KEMP
ABOVE: Trey LaFleur, right, teaches young campers how to hold the bat while bunting on Thursday during the University of Louisiana at Lafayette baseball summer camp at M.L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park in Lafayette. Campers learned the ins and outs of playing baseball: bunting, running the bases and the correct way to slide into a base. BELOW LEFT: Camper David Landry, 12, swings his bat. BELOW RIGHT: Campers wait their turn to have their bat speed recorded.
New charges filed against alleged terrorist Counts relate to 2023 Hamas attack in Israel
BY CLAIRE TAYLOR
Staff writer
New federal charges have been filed against Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, who resided and worked briefly in Lafayette after allegedly participating in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attack in Israel that left hundreds of civilians dead. Federal officials with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette on Wednesday filed a superseding indictment against Al-Muhtadi that modifies an
ä See CHARGES, page 7A
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