What to do about Louisiana's teacher shortage?

BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | Capitol News Bureau Editor ​ ​ ​

Teacher exits: Louisiana loses thousands of teachers each year, and lawmakers are considering a swath of bills that would increase teacher pay and eliminate some curriculum requirements in a bid to keep them here, Elyse Carmosino reports. 

Public records: Bills that would gut the state's public records law and give Gov. Jeff Landry's administration - and dozens of local governments - a shroud of secrecy under which to operate were filed this week, James Finn reports. Though some lawmakers say the bills would block requests from political operatives, watchdog groups decried them as bad government. 

Insurance crisis: State lawmakers this week sidelined bills that would have stopped the state's insurer of last resort from raising prices and required other insurers to be more transparent about their profits, Sam Karlin reports. See why.