A third special session of 2018 will begin next Monday and once again legislators will be asked to replace expiring sales taxes in an effort to avoid deep budget cuts. During the second special session, lawmakers approved a budget that contains over 500-million dollars in cuts. Governor Edwards signed the spending plan, Deputy Chief of Staff Richard Carbo explains why….
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Your child can now go to school with a bulletproof backpack as a result of legislation that passed in the regular session. West Monroe Senator Michael Walsworth hopes a child never has to use a bulletproof backpack, but if a shooter comes on campus, it could save a student’s life…
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A North Louisianan got a huge surprise when the Treasury Department informed them that they were owed 2.3 million dollars as part of the state’s Unclaimed Property Program that returns uncollected money from estates to the next of kin. Treasurer John Schroder says he’s never seen anything like it.
Schroder says the state has collected 83 million dollars this year, and has managed to return nearly 30 million of it.
A new state law allows Louisiana public school teachers up to 30 days of paid leave for the adoption process. Baton Rouge Representative Rick Edmonds sponsored a package of bills promoting adoption after seeing families tackle the hurdles of the process during his campaign.
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The change also applies to school social workers and school psychologists.