The chancellor of the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Dr. G-E Ghali, is under investigation as he’s been accused of sex discrimination. The Advocate newspaper reports that Ghali allegedly made sexist comments to female employees that could be perceived as sexual harassment. Ghali has not commented publically about the allegations.

Republicans say President Biden’s immigration policy is directly responsible for the 20 year high in border crossings.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry along with other elected officials will push a bill in the legislative session that would take money collected from opioid settlements with drug companies to help fund Louisiana drug courts which can help those who suffer from addiction and substance abuse. The bill would pump an additional 15 million dollars a year into the program. Baton Rouge Judge Don Johnson says it would be money well spent…
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And the state department of corrections is seeking an additional 21-million dollars in state funding in order to hire more prison guards. D-O-C undersecretary Thomas Bickham says the department currently needs to fill 36-percent of their mandatory guard positions and they want to pay their guards more to avoid the extreme turnover…
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Budget hearings will begin a week from Thursday.