The Senate approved the $39-billion state budget on Wednesday and the House will vote on it this afternoon. Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s pleased the majority of his budget requests have been approved but he wishes the $2,000 teach pay raises instead of 15-hundred for teachers would make the cut.
House-approved legislation to limit the release of mugshots in Louisiana advances in Senate Governmental Affairs. New Orleans Representative Royce Duplessis says the bill is an effort to protect innocent individuals from the embarrassment of the photo.
The bill was amended to allow for the release of booking photos for violent charges.
Though things look back to normal, Louisiana isn’t out of the COVID woods just yet. After seeing numbers fall for the past several weeks, 114 people were hospitalized with COVID Wednesday…the highest figure in the state since March 24. Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s concerning…
Cut 10 (12) “…certainly increasing.”
Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow is among the lawmakers the FDA Commissioner is testifying before this morning. And Letlow says in an effort to help desperate parents she’s signed on to co-author Republican legislation House Resolution 7718, also known as the Formula Act.
House Democrats also proposed legislation to give the FDA $28-million to address the formula shortage.