The Landry administration will present a proposed spending plan to legislators tomorrow. The administration is projecting a 64-million dollar revenue shortfall for next fiscal year. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says it’s a manageable deficit…
cut 13 (08) “….out of the budget”
But Erwin says in July 2025, 600-million dollars in state revenues will begin to fall off the books with the expiration of a .45 cent sales tax.

U-S Senator Bill Cassidy is once again not seeing eye-to-eye with Governor Jeff Landry as the senior senator opposes the idea of sending Louisiana National Guard troops to the U-S-Mexico border. Cassidy has concerns about the projected cost to the state…
Cut 3 (08) “…like Louisiana.”
Cassidy also does not support the state moving federal elections to party primaries in 2026. He says such a move will cost taxpayers an estimated 135-million dollars over ten years.

Southeastern Louisiana has deployed buoys on Lake Maurepas that will help monitor the water quality as Air Products plans to bury captured carbon emissions underneath the lake in southeast Louisiana. Director of the Lake Maurepas Monitoring program Kyle Piller says information will be posted at southeastern-dot-edu-forward-slash lake maurepas…
cut 11 (10) “….this lake

Two south Louisiana teachers were awarded $25,000 yesterday as they were recipients of the Milken Education Award. The winners were Christine Bayard and Derrick Winn. Bayard is a New Iberia match teacher and was recognized for transforming her classroom into real-world environments including outer space.
Cut 6 (12) “..the moon.”
Winn is a math and science teacher in Baton Rouge.