BY VICKI FERSTEL | Assistant metro editor Beginning this week, the East Baton Rouge School Board is set to tackle the contentious issue of either permanent raises or annual stipends for school employees. It's an issue that bedeviled the last superintendent. And it all comes down to the budget, as staff writer Charles Lussier explains. You'd expect Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to take flak from Democrats. But Landry has also been facing surprising pushback from fellow Republicans in the state Senate. Staff writer Tyler Bridges sat down with Senate President Cameron Henry to find out why. And another conservative, Advocate columnist Quin Hillyer, takes aim at the governor. A big splash: Summer unofficially starts on Friday, with the opening of Blue Bayou Waterpark and Dixie Landin' in East Baton Rouge. Click here to find out how to get tickets. | 