A 36.4 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year was approved by the House with little opposition. It features increases in funding to a range of different programs, largely due to a massive influx of federal funds. House Appropriations Chairman Jerome Zeringue highlighted the increased investment they were able to put into higher education.
Zeringue also notes they’re giving K-12 teachers a 800 dollar pay raise.
Additionally 800 million dollars in American Rescue Act funding was dedicated into four categories: 400 million to replenish the unemployment trust fund, 10 million for logger’s relief, 90 million for broadband expansion, and 300 million for water infrastructure…
The Senate advances Senator Beth Mizell’s bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports…
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President Joe Biden vowed to send additional federal assistance to hurricane-ravaged Lake Charles today after visiting the area. He says it’s the helping hand they need…
He also says if Congress passes his infrastructure bill he’ll build a new bridge on the Calcasieu River.