Monday, January 7th: Debbie Meaux, Mike Fawer

Debbie Meaux, President of the Louisiana Association of Educators, makes her case for a teacher pay increase in the state. Governor John Bel Edwards is an advocate. Some lawmakers have expressed concern about the budget implications of a salary hike for those in the classroom. Veteran trial attorney Mike Fawer of New Orleans recaps five decades in the courtroom in Lousiana. Fawer’s book is “From The Bronx to the Bayou, A Defense Attorney’s Odyssey From Charles Evers to Edwin Edwards and Beyond.”