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Dozens of students were on the steps of the state capitol today expressing their opposition to proposed cuts to higher education. One of the organizers, Peter Jenkns, who graduated from LSU and Nicholls, says it’s important that the students’ voices are heard….
cut 14 (10) “…..come out”
Higher Education Commissioner Joseph Rallo says under the best case scenario, public colleges would receive a 70-million dollar cut this fiscal year.

Invest in a Healthy Lousiaina released a poll today that shows strong support among Louisiana voters for an increase in the state’s cigarette tax as a way to address the state’s huge budget shortfall. Pollster Glen Bolger says the poll asked people about three different tax levels and found no statistical difference between the options…
cut 10 (09) “….73-percent”
At this point lawmakers have only talked about raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 22-cents.

The last member of the Angola three was released from prison today. Albert Woodfox plead no contest to the manslaughter and aggravated burglary charges he’s facing in the death of a 1972 prison guard. Woodfox has spent most of his prison life in solitary confinement. Attorney General Jeff Landry says they will NOT seek to try Woodfox for a third time.

Harper Lee, author of the Pultizer Prize-winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” has died at the age of 89. Halen Doughty reports…
voicer 2 (31) “….I’m Halen Doughty”