The state House is set to debate and vote on House Bill 1 today, the proposed 46-billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1st. House Appropriations Chairman Jerome Zeringue says it may not be everything Governor Edwards asked for, but the spending plan is fiscally responsible:
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As it stands now, the proposed spending plan does not contain money for the governor’s proposed two-thousand dollar teacher pay raise.

UL Lafayette and Ochsner General have created an accelerated bachelor of science of nursing program in an effort to get more nurses in the workforce. Dean of the University’s College Nursing and Health Sciences, Doctor Lisa Broussard, says if you have a bachelor’s degree. you can get a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 15 months and tuition would be free…
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Registration is open now.

The world’s first RSV vaccine would lower the risk for adults 60 and older has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Teiko Foxx has the story…
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Ruth’s Chris Steak House has been bought for 715-million dollars by Darden Restaurants, which also owns Olive Garden and LongHorn SteakHouse. The original Chris Steak House opened in New Orleans in 1927 and now has 154 locations worldwide, including New Orleans, Metairie, Baton Rouge and Lafayette.