Teachers and support staff will get another one-time stipend this year, according to Gov. Jeff Landry. But he hasn’t said where the money will come from.

With one week left in session two big items are left to be settled, the budget and a new congressional map.

Groups across the Gulf South are organizing, holding rallies and pushing back against efforts to eliminate Black congressional districts.

The congressional map with one less Democratic district will go before the House Governmental Affairs Committee Thursday morning.

After voters rejected the constitutional amendment to combine education funds to help pay for permanent teacher pay raises, Gov. Jeff Landry made a social media post saying that if teachers do not get a pay raise, then no one in state government will get one.

Of the total 787,521 votes cast, 64% of voters statewide rejected the amendment. In East Baton Rouge, 69% of voters rejected it.

Two seats are open on the commission regulating Louisiana’s utilities in this November’s election.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, Treasurer John Fleming to meet in June runoff; Jamie Davis, Nick Albares advance for Democrats.

Get the full results from the May 16 election here.

Similar issues that plagued early voting in Louisiana were present on election day. The state Democratic Party says the “mass confusion” amounts to “voter suppression and voter intimidation.”