The second in command at State Police, Lt. Colonel Doug Cain, is on paid administrative leave as he’s under an internal investigation into why he had his state-issued cellphone wiped clean as information into the L-S-P custody death of Ronald Greene became public. A special House committee looking into Greene’s death, tried to ask Cain about the sanitizing of the phone, but Houma Representative Tanner Magee says Cain didn’t provide answers because of the L-S-P led investigation….
cut 15 (08) “…avoid answering questions”

Senate President Page Cortez is proposing to up the fine for speeding on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge to 875-dollars for first offenders. Cortez’s legislation also calls for eight sets of speed limit signs equally spaced on the basin bridge…
cut 9 (08) “…..high fine”
The proposal is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Transportation Committee.
Several school choice bills are being discussed in the Louisiana House. The legislation would give parents the option of using state dollars from an education savings account to leave a public school to attend a private school or receive special tutoring or services. CEO of the Pelican Institute Daniel Erspamer is behind the idea of public education funding following the child; not the school. He says the bill would give parents – on average – an extra $5500 a year for kids’ education choices…:
Cut 6 (13) “…to every family.”
But Louisiana School Superintendents Association executive director Michael Faulk says there are financial uncertainties with the legislation…
cut 7 (08) “….gonna do it”
The House Appropriations Committee is set to discuss school choice funding today.