We’re three days into the budget cutting special session and Governor John Bel Edwards says there hasn’t been much movement…
cut 30 (17) “…budget deficit”

Republican chairman of the House budget committee Cameron Henry says during negotitations they continue to propose deeper cuts to the Louisiana Department of Health which could be done without impacting patients, but he says the governor doesn’t see it that way…
cut 8 (09) “…financially disasterous”
The budget committee has approved Henry’s bill that would use 74-million dollars from the rainy day fund, which would lead to cuts to colleges, public schools and prisons, areas the governor wanted protected.

The first hearing on state Senator Troy Brown’s expulsion from the Upper Chamber has taken place. Resolutions have been filed seeking to reprimand Brown for his domestic violence convictions. The Napoleonville lawmaker’s lawyer, Jill Craft, requested subpoenas of lawmakers’ texts and emails…:
CUT 9 (10) “constitution provides”
Craft is trying to stop a legislative hearing on the matter saying it would violate Brown’s right to due process. But state Senator JP Morrell says members of the Senate make their own rules…:
CUT 12 (07) “unbecoming a Senator”
Nearly all of Craft’s requests were rejected. The hearing on the expulsion proposal is slated for Monday.