A plan to expand high-dosage tutoring moved to the full Senate after unanimously passing in the Senate Education Committee. It would boost the budget from 30-million to 45-million dollars, and the program would be extended to eighth grade. Mandeville Senator Patrick McMath notes that when it first launched, the legislature limited it to kindergarten through fifth grade.

Cut 5 (07) “…done this before.”

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has approved a plan to spend 1.5-billion dollars on 143 active coastal projects next fiscal year. CPRA chair Gordon Dove believes once construction is completed on these projects, the tide will have turned in the state’s battle against coastal land loss.

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Among those projects is a levee protecting the central portion of Louisiana’s coast.

The House Criminal Justice Committee approves legislation that if you possess, produce or distribute deep fake images of nude minors, it could result in a one to five year prison sentence. Joe Gallinaro has more.

Cut 3 (28) “…I’m Joe Gallinaro.”

A former state trooper with a history of domestic violence will spend the next ten years behind bars. 40-year-old Michael Satcher the Second of Alexandria was convicted of four felony charges stemming from a 2023 incident in which he took a woman from her home and assaulted her. It happened less than 90 days into a probation period stemming from a prior domestic violence incident.