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A proposal to ban abortions in Louisiana when a fetal heartbeat is detected is one step away from final legislative passage. Jeff Palermo has more…

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The Senate votes nearly unanimously to support a 3.8 billion dollar education funding formula, 1,000 dollar teacher pay raise, 500 dollar support personnel pay raise, and 39 million dollars in additional education funding as a block grant that would go directly to school districts. The measure is supported by teachers unions and the Governor.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation broke ground on the I-20/I-220 Barksdale Air Force Base Interchange project in Bossier City today. Governor John Bel Edwards says since January 2016, the state has invested over $2.2 billion in transportation around the state, with over $239 million going towards infrastructure projects in Northwest Louisiana.

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The project will cost an estimated 72 million dollars.

President Trump announced on his visit to Louisiana yesterday that a new I-10 bridge was coming to the Lake Charles area if he is reelected.  DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says the President’s commitment for such a large project came as a surprise.

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Wilson says the bridge is actually older than the interstate system itself

A proposal to ban abortions in Louisiana when a fetal heartbeat is detected is one step away from final legislative passage. Jeff Palermo has more…

cut 2 (30) I’m Jeff Palermo”  

The Senate votes nearly unanimously to support a 3.8 billion dollar education funding formula, 1,000 dollar teacher pay raise, 500 dollar support personnel pay raise, and 39 million dollars in additional education funding as a block grant that would go directly to school districts. The measure is supported by teachers unions and the Governor.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation broke ground on the I-20/I-220 Barksdale Air Force Base Interchange project in Bossier City today. Governor John Bel Edwards says since January 2016, the state has invested over $2.2 billion in transportation around the state, with over $239 million going towards infrastructure projects in Northwest Louisiana.

Cut 10 (11) “…in the world..

The project will cost an estimated 72 million dollars.

President Trump announced on his visit to Louisiana yesterday that a new I-10 bridge was coming to the Lake Charles area if he is reelected.  DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says the President’s commitment for such a large project came as a surprise.

Cut 12 (09)   “…to deliver it.”

Wilson says the bridge is actually older than the interstate system itself