The Louisiana Senate has approved its version of the budget for next fiscal year. It contains 30 million dollars in high-dosage tutoring and 199-million for teacher stipends. But political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says there is a 45-million-dollar difference in spending for the L-A GATOR scholarship program.

Cut 13 (08)  “…cutting it back.”

Congressman Clay Higgins is making another effort to mandate random drug testing for members of Congress. He has reintroduced the Exposing Congressional Drug Abuse Act, which calls for at least one random drug test per term, with positive results referred to the Committee on Ethics. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan calls this a political stunt.

Cut 4 (09) “…voting against it.”

Higgins first proposed this back in 2018.

A Hammond man is charged with second-degree murder after his 21-month-old daughter dies in a hot vehicle. St. Tammany Parish deputies say 35-year-old Joseph Boatman placed the girl in a car seat in his pickup truck and left her there for more than nine hours. Lieutenant Suzanne (soo-ZAHN) Carboni says alcohol likely played a role in Boatman’s lack of sound judgment.

Cut 9 (08)  “…multiple alcoholic beverages.”

With LSU and their rabid fans headed to Omaha for the College World Series, one restaurant across from the ballpark is getting ready. Every year, Rocco’s Pizza and Cantina sells Jell-O shots in the colors of the eight participating teams. Owner Kevin Culjat (KULL-jit) says when LSU went two years ago, they really cleaned up.

Cut 10 (09) “…happens this year.”

One dollar for every shot sold goes to the school’s local food bank.