US Senator Bill Cassidy is the latest Republican in Congress to be ambushed by protesters during a town hall meeting. It happened in Metairie on Wednesday. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says the GOP likely won’t make changes the protesters want, but it could happen with enough uprising…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards said he’s satisfied with how legislators closed a 304-million dollar midyear budget deficit. During the special session, lawmakers approved $99 million in rainy day funds, and made cuts to agencies, mainly the Department of Health. Edwards says some critical services were spared:
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The governor’s spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1st was unveiled today. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the Department of Transportation is facing a reduction in funding, which adds to state’s inability to repair roads…:
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Also under the plan, TOPS is not 100-percent funded, but the governor would like to fully fund it, if more revenue becomes available.

LSU Health Shreveport is offering a new Pediatric Chronic Ventilator Clinic, which is the first of its kind in north Louisiana. Doctor Keith Scott says now parents, who have kids with complex respiratory diseases like cystic fibrosis, will no longer have to travel 300 miles to receive proper care…
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