Today, a meeting will be held in Shreveport to decide how to finalize the state’s congressional map. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A statewide poll conducted for the Times Picayune and the Advocate finds Governor Jeff Landry’s approval rating is 56-percent. Landry received nearly 52-percent of the vote when he was elected in October. But only 21-percent of the voters approve of how he’s handling the state’s insurance crisis.

The Revenue Estimating Conference meets Thursday and groups like the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children hope more revenue is recognized to avoid a proposed cut of 24 million dollars from early childhood education. Libbie Sonnier is the executive director of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children…
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Sonnier says if early childhood education is cut by 24-million dollars, it will mean two-thousand less kids can enroll into a early childhood program.

The Louisiana Senate reconvenes this afternoon and they could give final passage to a bill that would require high schoolers to pass a computer science course to graduate. New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes says having computer skills is a necessity…
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