House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry believes lawmakers can fund the TOPS scholarship program without raising additional taxes. Governor Edwards says additional revenues are needed to fund all of the priorities in the budget. But Henry says the governor is painting the worst picture possible in order to raise taxes…:
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Not only are colleges dealing with a potential cut to TOPS, but they are also facing a 46 million dollar cut in state funding. Higher Education Commissioner Joseph Rallo says there is a lot of uncertainty right now when it comes to higher education…:
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Edwards plans to call another special session as early as June 7th.

For the fourth consecutive year, Louisiana has broken records in tourism, according to Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser. Halen Doughty has more…:
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The LHSAA Executive Committee holds its spring meeting today, and they’ll continue to discuss the expanded public-private school playoff split that’s been in place for football and will impact other sports next school year. Todd Guice, LHSAA past president, says he still hopes that something can be done to end the split…:
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