Governor John Bel Edwards proposed budget for next fiscal year calls for cuts to education funding, including the TOPS program, as a result of a 750-million dollar revenue shortfall. Michelle Southern has the story…
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Many are taking time today to remember the life of former LSU and Saints running back Hokie Gajan. The Saints color commentator since 2000 passed away last night at the age of 56 after a battle with a rare form of cancer.

A proposal that raises the age a person in Louisiana should be prosecuted received approval from a Senate committee. The proposed law sends 17-year-old non-violent offenders into the juvenile justice system, instead of the adult. An 18-year-old student told the panel about his 17-year-old friend who lost his pride in the adult system…
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The measure heads to the full Senate.

Heading to the full House is a bill that provides protections for clergy who refuse to marry gay couples. Lester Perryman, with the Human Rights Campaign, questions why Louisiana needs this legislation…
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But the bill passed out of committee on a seven to three and Governor Edwards says he’s okay with the bill.