Governor John Bel Edwards punched back against lawmakers who criticized his decision to mail nursing home eviction warnings resulting from a potential Medicaid cut, and who are stalling on approving the 648 million dollars in revenue needed to fund healthcare and TOPS…
Cut 14 (15) “that revenue”
Edwards says he supports renewing a portion of the expiring penny sales tax to close the budget gap.

While the legislature has struggled to fund state services, they are close to approving a bill that would ban bestiality. Lafayette Representative Jean-Paul Coussan says the legislation closes loopholes that allowed for those who abetted the abuse or profited from it to walk free…
cut 7 (08) “…current laws”

The state posted all time highs in the numbers of students who graduated high school in four years, and the number of students who qualified for TOPS. Matt Doyle.
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Jim Shannon”