The spending plan for next fiscal year is moving through the legislature with a proposed $35 million cut to the LSU Health Science Center in Shreveport and about a $15 million cut to the center in New Orleans. Chancellor of the New Orleans center, Larry Hollier (OAL-yay) says this will impact many of their programs..:
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The budget proposal for next fiscal year has been approved by the House and is being debated in the Senate Finance Committee.

Former Lt. Governor Bobby Freeman has passed away at the age of 82. The St. Martinville native served as Lt. Governor from 1980-88, and Edwin Edwards was the governor during Freeman’s second term…”
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Freeman’s family says he died this morning after suffering an aneurysm last week.

A former Department of Veterans Affairs nurse could spend time behind bars after a patient at a St. Charles veterans home died under her care. Halen Doughty has more…:
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A motorcyclist in Calcasieu Parish died in a Moss Bluff crash. Deputies say 46-year-old Johnny Coe ran off the road for unknown reasons, crashed and was ejected from his bike. Coe was wearing a helmet, but sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.