Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is fighting for his life after suffering a heart attack at his home yesterday. The 90-year-old from Ferriday is in intensive care at a Baton Rouge hospital; and his son says barring a miracle, his time will be short. Spokeswoman Megan Kelly says Reverend Swaggart is now in God’s hands…
Lawmakers passed a 46-billion dollar state operating budget for the next fiscal year that begins July first. The biggest battle was over funding for L-A GATOR, the state’s new voucher program. President of the Public Affairs Research Council, Steven Procopio says lawmakers left out 50-million dollars that Governor Landry requested for L-A GATOR.
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House Democrats are reflecting on the just-completed legislative session. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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State lawmakers have approved legislation to support a “One Door” approach for access to most state-provided assistance. Mandeville Representative Kim Carver says Louisiana Works will be the agency to access but the Department of Health would manage SNAP processing, leaving DCFS to focus on child welfare.