New Orleans Representative Austin Badon believes his anti-discrimination legislation has a decent chance of passing this year. Michelle Southern reports..:

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The state Senate has approved legislation that allows public colleges to raise their tuition rates without legislative approval. Mandeville Senator Jack Donahue’s measure passed on a 33 to 4 vote. This authority would come only if another Senate-passed bill by Donahue that would put limits on TOPS scholarship awards is approved. Both bills are now headed to the House for consideration.

A 24-billion dollar budget that funds higher education at the same level as this year passes the House Appropriations Committee and now heads to the full House for a vote next week. Committee Chairman Jim Fannin was asked about a possible veto, if there are no tax cuts to offset the tax increases…

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Governor Jindal has stated he’ll veto a budget that raises taxes, which this proposed budget will do.

The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office says Kevin Ambeau, Jr., the son of the police chief in St. Gabriel, fatally shot two brothers Sunday night but authorities are waiting for more evidence before filing homicide charges. Sheriff Brett Stassi says there is a lot involved in this case and they are investigating it just as they would any other…

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Stassi says they are waiting on evidence and still interviewing witnesses, but it appears at this time that Ambeau was defending his home.