Before lawmakers left for the weekend, the state House approved a 47-billion-dollar budget proposal. House Appropriations Chair Jack McFarland says the spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1st makes critical investments in public school classrooms and workforce training.
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According to first quarter campaign finance numbers, Bill Cassidy has a huge lead in cash on hand in the race for the G-O-P nomination for U.S. Senate, with more than seven-million dollars. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says no one is in danger of running out of money between now and May 16th, after which date things will pick up.
Inmates released from prison will have Medicaid as part of a plan the state and the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services are working to put in place. Joe Gallinaro has more.
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Another whooping crane is shot to death in Evangeline Parish. LDWF Corporal Tib Guillory says 49-year-old Michael Alaniz of Chicago admitted to killing the bird last month.