The Revenue Estimating Conference is out with its projections for Louisiana’s budget deficits. Michelle Southern has the story…
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Higher education is already facing a 27-million dollar cut in state funding this fiscal year and that number is expected to grow. LSU President F King Alexander anticipates a lower enrollment next school year….
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Republican US Senator David Vitter opposes holding a hearing for President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Vitter, a member of Senate Judiciary Committee, says with a new president coming into office, let the voters decide the new justice…
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President Obama says Garland is one of the sharpest legal minds and someone who will bring intregrity and even-handedness to the nation’s high court.

The devastating floods that have hit Louisiana is also impacting the state’s strawberry crop. Whitney Wallace, with the LSU Ag Center, says the losses will vary from one field to another, based on the soil, berries and other factors….
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Wallace says despite the damage, there will be strawberries for Easter and next month’s Strawberry Festival.