A Mississippi lawmaker called for Louisiana leaders to be lynched after four confederate monuments were taken down in New Orleans. State Representative Karl Oliver also said in the Facebook post that the statues were removed in a “Nazi-ish fashion.” Courtney Carter with News Mississippi says state Republicans do not condone the public post…:
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Oliver has since apologized for the post.

On the Louisiana House floor, a vote is expected Tuesday on a bill that would increase the minimum GPA required to receive the TOPS scholarship. Politial analyst Bernie Pinsonat doesn’t expect lawmakers to approve the jump from a 2.5 GPA to 2.75…
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Governor Edwards also opposes the bill.

Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle has been named the director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which is an oversight agency for President Trump’s administration. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this is the perfect job for Angelle…:
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The BSEE regulates offshore oil and gas drilling.

State Police raises concerns about proposed budget cuts to the law enforcement agency. Major Doug Cain says the House has proposed a 23-million dollar cut in funding from this fiscal year, which would force them to cut a cadet class and make it difficult to replace patrol vehicles and 60-percent of them have over 100-thousand miles on their odometer…
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Cain says its State Police’s hope the Senate will fund their agency to the level that the governor recommended.