Waiting for the governor’s signature is a bill that will make the process of applying for expungement much easier and should be online in 18 months. Brooke Thorington has more…
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A well-known New Orleans chef, Demietriek Scott, was feared dead after he went missing for two weeks, but he surprised mourners outside of his home yesterday when he finally showed up alive and well. Scott’s family thought a body found in the Ninth Ward was his, but it turns out it’s not. Scott told WWL-TV he just needed a couple of weeks to himself.

Shreveport Representative Thomas Pressly is concerned after the Legislature approved a construction budget that reduced funding for a new four-lane Jimmie Davis Bridge by 140-million dollars. Pressly says there’s enough funding available to start the five-year, 362 million dollar project, but lawmakers will have to address the rest of the funding next year…
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Some lawmakers believe the funding was removed because legislators in that area voted against raising the spending cap.

If you go to Louisiana-believes dot-com, the state department of education has produced a dashboard that gives the public the opportunity to see how academic goals are being achieved and financial data
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The new dashboard is called EPIC which stands for Education Progress and Investment Charts.