The Louisiana House has approved a 30-billion dollar spending plan for next fiscal year. It contains nearly a billion dollars in federal aid that are being used to avoid deep cuts to state services. The proposal fully funds TOPS, K-through-12 schools, and social services. The budget heads to the Senate, but final approval is not expected until a special session that will start on Monday night.

LSU Interim President Thomas Galligan says students will have to wear masks when they return to campus in August…
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is developing a plan on how they will spend 73-million dollars in federal aid to help the state’s fishing industry. L-D-W-F Assistant Secretary Patrick Banks says another 58-million dollars is to help fishing industries impacted by the lengthy opening of the Bonne Carre Spillway last year…
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Ten Nicholls State students have just completed a program where they were paired up with ten inmates at the Lafourche Parish prison so both sides can learn more about the criminal justice system. Inside Out program facilitator, Kristen Callais says the class wrapped up with an online group protect and some fun back and forth…
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