While many Louisianans will be celebrating Mardi Gras this weekend, Governor John Bel Edwards is heading to Washington to discuss more federal assistance for flood and tornado recovery. The governor’s Communications Director Richard Carbo says they will meet with the acting FEMA Administrator today on the twisters.
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He says they will also be asking for another $2 billion dollars for flood relief from the president himself.

Would a flat grant be an option that would help make the TOPS program more affordable?…:
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That’s Higher Ed Commissioner Joe Rallo who will discuss TOPS recommendations to present to the legislature when the Board of Regents meets today. Under the governor’s budget proposal for next fiscal year, TOPS is only funded at its current level: 70%.

It’s about that time to let the good times roll. Mardi Gras celebrations are taking place throughout the state today. But nothing compares to the party happening in The Big Easy. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says revelers go non-stop through Fat Tuesday…:
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Grambling State University officials are working to have the undergraduate nursing program reinstated by 2018….:
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