Governor John Bel Edwards says Louisiana finished the fiscal year that ended June 30th with a budget surplus of approximately 300-million dollars. Edwards says the state’s economy is performing better than what the Revenue Estimating Conference predicted…
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The state constitution limits how state surplus dollars can be spent. Edwards says it can go towards one time projects, so addressing the state’s massive transportation construction backlog will likely get some of that cash.

US Representative Mike Johnson, who represents northwest Louisiana , claims on his personal Facebook page that atheist ligation groups from California have attempted to get hidden video of Christian student activities at Benton High School in Bossier Parish. A federal lawsuit filed last February against Bossier Parish Schools claims their teachers shame or coerce non-Christian students.
A Southern Poverty Law Center report shows one third of all law enforcement agencies in Louisiana don’t have racial profiling policies…
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The LSU AgCenter has been awarded a five million dollar grant from the CDC that will expand an ongoing program to improve health to more Louisiana parishes. The grant will support an initiative called Healthy ABCs. AgCenter Nutirition Specialist Denise Holston says theye started the program in 2015 in Madison, Tensas and St. Helena parishes….
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Holston says Assumption, Claiborne, East Carroll and Morehouse parishes will be added to the effort.