Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne unveiled the governor’s budget proposal for next fiscal year at the capitol today. It doesn’t include merit raises for state employees,….
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The proposal also doesn’t fully fund TOPS, but Dardenne says making that happen is a high priority, but it will likely take more state revenues for that to occur.

Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s not ready to comment about the job status of State Police Colonel Mike Edmonson until the investigation is complete into a taxpayer funded side trip to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon by four troopers….
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Edmonson says internal changes have been made to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Republican U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy faced a slew of protesters in a town hall meeting yesterday. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards will be in Washington D-C this weekend as he’ll have a chance to meet with President Donald Trump. Edwards and other governors will have a chance to talk with the President on Monday. Before that the governor will visit with FEMA officials and discuss flood and tornado relief. Currently, the state is requesting an additional two billion dollars in assistance.