Governor John Bel Edwards unveiled the plan to balance this year’s budget, and said the $70 million dollar hole that must be filled by June 30th…:
CUT 23 (05) “$70 million dollars”
Edwards said he couldn’t stomach cutting anything from higher ed. He says DHH will see 40-million dollar efficiencies in Medicaid and a 30-million dollar cut to the private-public partnership hospitals.
Over 12-thousand homes have received flood damage and 26 parishes are available for federal assistance, according to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness. GOHSEP spokesperson Mike Steele says begin your cleanup if possible but you still must register your damage with FEMA.
Steele says registering lets GOHSEP get a better picture of the state’s total damage.
Three people are dead and three more are severely wounded after a fire broke out in a home in Winnsboro overnight. Brant Thompson, with the State Fire Marshal’s Office, says 29-year-old Victoria Guthrie, a 6-year-old and a 19-month old are being treated for injuries in a local hospital.
Cut 5 (09) “at this time”
Derrick Boley, his 3-year-old son Kenderrick and 8-year-old Bryson Scobbee were killed in the fire.
Matthew Flugence has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the killing of a 6-year-old girl in 2013. Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr will not pursue the death penalty. Legal analyst Tim Meche says prosecuting a death penalty case takes time, and this gives the family immediate closure.
Cut 11 (08) “in America”