In Lafayette this morning Governor Jeff Landry signed the Gator Scholarship Program into law. The Education Savings Account Act is intended to help all families offset private school education costs, and the governor also signed the 10 Commandments bill that requires public schools and colleges to display them in the classroom. At a Republican fundraiser in Tennessee that past weekend, Landry told attendees he looks forward to getting sued over the bill.
Louisiana received $73 million from the 2021 Federal Infrastructure Act but has yet to distribute that money to vendors wanting to enter the electric vehicle charging business. Ryan McKinnon with Charge Ahead Partnership says the funds are intended to help small businesses.
DOTD says they plan to start the request-for-proposal process as soon as they identify an appropriate contracting mechanism to use the money.
A federal judge in Baton Rouge has been asked to issue an order that would prevent inmates at Angola from working on the prison farm when heat indices reach 88 degrees or higher. Sean Richardson has more.
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