 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer Call it the Amazon effect. With the logistics company set to bring 1,000+ new jobs to Baton Rouge at $15 an hour, Baton Rouge government agencies fear they could be about to lose a bunch of employees. Last night, the parish parks system decided to give a bunch of its workers a raise and a bunch of other workers a one-time pay bump. Here are all the details.
A plan to re-assign more than 200 employees throughout the East Baton Rouge school system has drawn growing resistance from some parents and teachers. But yesterday, a group of Black community organizations held a press conference supporting the move; they point to a shortage of experienced teachers in many majority-Black schools. The school board is taking up the issue tonight, and we're expecting controversy, so stay tuned.
During last year's disappointing football season, the offensive line was one of LSU's biggest problems. We took a look at what new head coach Brian Kelly is doing to overhaul that unit (and in the process, we got some other nuggets, like how Kelly's going to pick a QB). Here's the rundown. | 
