The Senate Finance Committee approves a proposal to make permanent a .45-percent state sales tax and use that money to pay for improved roads and bridges. Baton Rouge Democratic Senator Regina Barrow is concerned that dedicating this money, which would be about 400-million dollars a year, could lead to financial problems elsewhere…
cut 9 (09) “…education”
And a conservative group of lawmakers says this portion of the sales tax should roll off the books in 2025 as intended when passed in 2018.

The Loyola University Law school releases the first comprehensive report on inmate deaths in Louisiana. Professor Andrea (On-dree-ah) Armstrong says 786 known inmates died from 2015 to 2019. She says most of the deaths are the result of medical illness and only half of the preexisting conditions were diagnosed while incarcerated.
Cut 14 (10) “…behind bars.”

A bill that would give voters in St. Tammany Parish an opportunity to decide in October if gaming can be legalized in that parish so that a casino can be built in Slidell received approval from the Senate Finance Committee. Spectrum Gaming VP Matthew Roob provided committee members with information on the number of Louisiana gamblers who visit casinos on the Mississippi Gulf Coast…
cut 5 (10) “…region”
But St. Tammany resident Linda Thornhill is skeptical about how gaming revenue is appropriated.
Cut 6 (12)”…it did.”
Despite the opposition, the measure heads to the Senate floor for final legislative passage.