The Revenue Estimating Conference has recognized an additional 139-million-dollars in funding, which means the state will have more available dollars to plug into next fiscal year’s budget. Louisiana Policy Institute for Children CEO Libbie Sonnier is urging legislators to use some of the additional revenue to increase funding for early childhood education…
Cut 4 (11) “…child care assistance.”
There will also be a push to fund a high-dosage tutoring program that was not funded when the House approved the budget last week.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested nine suspected child sex predators on child grooming and abuse charges. Sheriff Jason Ard says these nine individuals were caught having inappropriate conversations with detectives, who they thought were teenagers…
Cut 14 (06) “…right through that”
An LSU student and an alleged gang member were among the nine people arrested.
A Senate bill that would prohibit schools that receive state funding from serving ultra-processed foods at lunch is now heading to the House floor after no one voted against the bill in House Health and Welfare. The bill’s author, Covington Senator Patrick McMath, says Louisiana is one of several states considering similar legislation and the goal is…
Cut 10 (10) “…alter the ingredients.”
McMath’s bill incentives food makers to eliminate toxins from school lunches. The legislation also requires a warning label on foods containing artificial colors, additives or banned chemicals. And it requires restaurants to notify customers if they cook or prepare foods using seed oils.
State Treasurer John Fleming says 143-thousand unclaimed property checks, totaling over 34-million dollars will be mailed at the end of the month. Fleming says his office is holding on to one-point-two billion dollars in unclaimed property and the checks they will send out on May 30th is the result of working with the Department of Revenue to connect the unclaimed property checks with the person’s address…
Cut 7 (09) “…next month”
To find out if you have unclaimed property, search La-cash-casino-dot-org.