The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee will discuss today the revenue generating bills that were approved by the House. The lower chamber passed 11 bills that would increase revenues by 615-million dollars. Jeremy Alford, with la-politics-dot-com, says Senate leadership wants to raise even more revenue to offset a one-point-six billion dollar budget gap…

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He says with less than a month to go in the session, there’s a lot of work ahead for lawmakers.

The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission announces a statewide “Click It or Ticket” campaign focusing on back seat passengers, pickup trucks, and low compliance areas. Executive Director Lt. Col. John LeBlanc says this is a statewide campaign, but they will focus efforts in areas of the state where seat belt compliance is the lowest…

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Seat belt compliance was lowest in the Alexandria area, 71-percent, followed by Monroe with a 75-percent seat belt use rate.

The Department of Children and Family Services is recruiting Foster Families, especially those who can take larger sibling groups or children with special needs. DCFS Policy Advisor Karen Hebert says because of unsafe living conditions at home, they regularly have children who need a new place to stay. She says children enter foster care almost daily…

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May is Foster Care Month which is why an extra push to recruit families is made. To find out more about becoming a foster parent, visit www-dot-dcfs-dot-la-dot-gov-slash-foster.