The Big Beautiful Bill is back in the House, and opinions among Louisiana’s delegation are obviously mixed along party lines. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Speaker Mike Johnson promised a vote this morning, but House Minority Leader Hakeen Jeffries has been speaking for over four hours in an effort to delay the vote.
The One Big Beautiful Bill will do a variety of things, including an increase in federal funds to Louisiana and other Gulf States for offshore oil and gas production.
Grambling State University launches the Grambling Research and Resource Foundation. University President Dr. Martin Lemelle (leh-MELL) says it’s a new non-profit designed to advance the university’s pursuit of Research 2 classification and deepen its research footprint.
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Lemelle says Grambling has recently secured over 12-million dollars in research-related funding.
The National Federation of Independent Business’ June jobs report found that 36-percent of small business owners are having trouble filling job openings. NFIB State Director Leah Long says industries with the most openings were construction, manufacturing and transportation; while finance and agriculture sectors reported the fewest. Long says some of the increased numbers could be due to the time of year.