In the final hour of the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers approved a bill that would result in an additional 300-million dollars for highway construction projects. The money would come from the general fund, which would reduce funding in other areas of the state budget. Governor Edwards has concerns with this legislation.

Edwards seems to be pleased with a bill that would end the enhanced 300-dollar federal unemployment benefits on July 31st. But New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry doesn’t like it…
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But the governor says the legislation will also increase the state’s weekly minimum unemployment benefits by 28-dollars…
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Will legalized sports betting be in place in Louisiana before the start of the football season? That’s the goal after lawmakers approved the necessary bills to make it happen. The legislation approved would allow anyone 21 and older to place bets on their mobile device, computer or at select locations in any of the 55 parishes that voted to approve the activity. Crowley Representative John Stefanski….
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LSU Health Shreveport has received a 730-thousand dollar grant to enhance its efforts to detect variants of COVID-19. The school has already detected seven of them. Director for Emerging Viral Threats at the Shreveport school says the award is indicative of their work to this point…
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