TOPS is not fully funded under the governor’s spending plan for next fiscal year and officials say it will take more than 80 million additional dollars to cover it. Higher Ed Commissioner Joe Rallo has concerns about how students will react to TOPS once again being funded at only 70-percent…:
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The Board of Regents meets today to discuss possible changes to TOPS.

Governor John Bel Edwards is heading to Washington to lobby for more federal disaster assistance for flood and tornado victims. Communications Director Richard Carbo says this will give the governor a chance to discuss his request for an additional $2 billion in federal flood recovery aid…:
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He says today they will meet with FEMA today to discuss what is needed to help people recover from the recent tornadoes.

The big Mardi Gras weekend is here and celebrations are in full swing in every corner of the state. Emelie Gunn has more..:
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The founder of Facebook, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, made a stop in Baton Rouge on Thursday to feast at a local BBQ joint. Zuckerberg announced at the start of the year that he planned to visit every state to meet locals and yesterday’s stop was apparently one of many in Louisiana.