Breaking news… House Republicans have nominated Steve Scalise of Jefferson Parish to be the next speaker of the U-S House. Scalise won the House GOP speakership nomination, beating out Jim Jordan of Ohio. To make it official, the entire U-S House will need to vote, which will take place this afternoon on the House floor.

Constitutional amendment three on Saturday’s ballot asks voters if they want to require state lawmakers to use 25 percent of any state surplus to pay retirement debt for the four state retirement systems. Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson authored the amendment and says the state spends over a billion dollars every year just in interest on this debt…
Cut 13 (09) “… other things.”
Currently, lawmakers must use at least 10 percent of any state budget surplus to pay down a portion of the retirement debt.

The 2023 Louisiana Litter Study reveals taxpayers are paying more than $91 million annually on litter abatement, a 65 percent increase since 2010. Keep Louisiana Beautiful Director Susan Russell says unfortunately most of that money is going towards cleaning up the state instead of getting residents to stop trashing it
Cut 3 (13) “…long term.”
Prevention and education account for only 10 percent of the overall cost.

The second-largest lottery jackpot ever has its drawing tonight as the Powerball jackpot is an estimated 1.73 billion dollars. The odds of winning are one in 292-million and Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says there have been 17 Powerball grand prize winners in Louisiana’s history….
cut 7 (12) “…this magnitude”