A House panel advanced 2 budget plans on the third day of the special session during an intense debate. Republicans don’t want to use the Rainy Day fund to fill the $304 million dollar budget hole the way the governor does. Covington Representative John Schroder says that would just put the state in the same spot next year…:
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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the predicament the state’s in now is why the savings account was created…;
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One of the bills that advanced doesn’t use the Rainy Day Fund at all and another takes out $74 million instead of Dardenne’s suggestion of $119 million.

As expected, Columbia State Senator Neil Riser officially announces he’s going to run for treasurer. He joins fellow Republican Representatives Julie Stokes and John Schroder.

Governor John Bel Edwards announced his support for the Bayou Bridge Pipeline and the expulsion of state Senator Troy Brown during his monthly call in radio show. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Today the Governor is speaking at the America’s Westland Foundation Summit to discuss Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan.

Vehicle fatalities in Louisiana rose five-percent since 2014, according to the National Safety Council. Spokesman Ken Kolosh (Koe-lahsh) feels that’s due, in part, because young drivers are not adequately prepared to get behind the wheel…:
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