Governor Jeff Landry and several other Republican governors spoke at a diesel refinery in Chalmette to hammer the Biden administration’s energy policy. Landry says the Biden administration’s enhanced energy regulations have cost taxpayers almost $1.4 trillion since he took office.
Cut 5 (10) “…domestic energy.”
President Biden announced plans to put significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. The plan kicks in when border encounters reach 2,500 per day, then any migrant without a reason to fear return to their country will be removed from the US within days or hours. Many Republicans including Senator Bill Cassidy question the president’s timing.
Cut 13 (10) “… illegal immigration.”
Several bills to enhance education in the state were passed in the session, but Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin points out that lawmakers sent a mixed message on education with another round of teacher pay stipends instead of raises and a $9 million cut to early childhood education.
Erwin praised passage of legislation to improve math literacy.
The Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe is 100 years old this month. And for their centennial they’ve added a Louisiana Purchase exhibit where Emily Stogner with the City of Monroe says you can feed the animals and get a sense of what it was like back in 1803.
Cut 12 (07) “…better than ever.”
The zoo is home to over 300 animals representing 150 species from around the world.