The Environmental Integrity Project releases a report showing the Louisiana Department of Environmental quality saw an overall budget reduction of 30 percent between 2008 and 2018. The total state budget was in decline at that time, but DEQ Secretary Chuck Brown notes the department does not get money from the state general fund…
The Secretary says they’ve never failed to obtain key benchmarks set by the EPA.
State Fire Marshal’s Office deputy is arrested on malfeasance charges linked to a dead K-9. An investigation began into Corporal Robert Fain, the dog’s handler after it was determined his K-9 died from a lack of food and water. Executive Director of the Louisiana Humane Society Jeff Dorson says it’s reprehensible…
22-year-old Michael Vaughn is arrested on allegations that he serially abused his captive girlfriend for days while driving her around Ouachita Parish. Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson Glen Springfield says the victim claimed the attacks began when she was attacked at their home with a closed fist and a baseball bat.
Vaughn was already on probation and now faces four felonies.
Governor John Bel Edwards pledges increased spending on higher education in his February budget proposal. The 30 plus billion-dollar budget increased higher education spending by $47 million last year but the UL Board of Regents want a 156-million-dollar boost for the upcoming budget. UL System President Jim Henderson…