Senate President Cameron Henry says at the urging of state lawmakers the Landry administration has decided to participate in a federal summer feeding program that provides 40-dollars a month per child to needy families. Henry says the decision comes after a meeting with leaders of DCFS and the Department of Education…
Cut 10 (08) “…working together.”
In February, Governor Landry announced the state would not opt into the USDA Summer EBT program. But House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland says this is a program that could serve as many as 450-thousand children, by only spending a few million dollars in state money.

A vote in the House on a bill that calls for a constitutional convention has been pushed back until Tuesday. A vote was expected yesterday, but the bill’s author New Iberia Representative Beau Beaullieu added a few amendments to the legislation instead…
cut 15 (10) “…2024″
One of the amendments says there will be no change to the homestead exemption and another amendment takes out the provision that would allow private groups to pay for the convention that’s scheduled to begin May 20th.

Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields says he’s still running for the 6th congressional district even though the lines of that district are still to be determined.
Cut 2 (32) “I’m Brooke Thorington.”