House and Senate leaders are facing criticism for cutting 100-million dollars from the Louisiana Department of Health’s budget. House Appropriations Chairman Jerome Zeringue says LDH’s budget is over 15-billion dollars and a majority of the Legislature believes they can handle a cut this relatively small. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the Governor might line-item veto that cut. Zeringue says he’s aware of that…:

CUT 08(09)      “…address that.”

Fort Polk officially changed its name to Fort Johnson today; a move aimed at ending Confederate references at U.S. military installations. Brigadier General David Gardner says all signage will be quickly replaced…:

CUT 11(13)      “…as well.”

State lawmakers approved legislation that would provide a $500 tax break to gun owners for purchases of gun-safe storage devices. Teiko Foxx has more…:

CUT 01(30)      “…Foxx.”

Lawmen in Baton Rouge were called to the parking lot of a local 4-star restaurant to deal with an alligator that wandered up. The gator had shown up at Mansur’s before and was taken back to woods not far away…but he came back. Officers had to destroy the animal because they saw it had been previously hit by a car and badly hurt.