At this hour, the Senate Health and Welfare Committee is holding a meeting to discuss the 100-million dollar cut in state funding to the Louisiana Department of Health. Before leaving for an economic development trip to Europe, Governor John Bel Edwards threatened to use his line item veto power to restore the funding…
cut 9 (12) do that”

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder has taken criticism for the handling of the budget in the final days of the session. The 100-million dollar budget cut to L-D-H surprised many lawmakers. But Schexnayder rejects the idea legislative leaders kept others in the dark…
cut 11 (11) “…is crazy”

The Governor signs into law a bill requiring all high school kids to take and pass a financial literacy course. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
Cut 2 (31) “….I’m Kevin Gallagher.”

The LSU baseball team is on the brink of elimination from the College World Series after a hard fought three to two loss to Wake Forest last night. The Tigers failed to get a clutch hit in the eighth inning, while the Demon Deacons drove home the go ahead run in the eighth. The Tigers take on Tennessee tonight in an elimination game at 6 PM.