Cleanup is underway in several south Louisiana parishes today after as many as seven suspected tornadoes touched down during a powerful storm system that roared through the state yesterday. Halen Doughty reports…:
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The National Weather Service just designated the Convent tornado as EF-2.

The state department of insurance says assistance is available to residents affected by the storms. Commissioner Jim Donelon says the sooner residents file a claim, the sooner they can start getting their lives back to normal.

The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would cut 117 million dollars from this fiscal year’s budget, which is way more than what Governor John Bel Edwards has recommended. Chairman Cameron Henry of Jefferson Parish says there is bi-partisan support to go above and beyond what the governor has called for in budget cuts….:
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The vote to cut $87 million dollars more that was sought by the governor was greenlighted 14-9 and now heads to the House Floor.

Meanwhile Edwards is speaking to a large crowd of rallying college students on the steps of the state capitol right now. The group is speaking in opposition to any further cuts to higher education.