Meeting now is the House Appropriations Committee where lawmakers are expected to advance a spending plan for the next fiscal year today. Chairman Cameron Henry of Metairie says it’s his intention to fully fund the TOPS scholarship program…:
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One of the amendments is a proposal to cut the Department of Health by $155 million dollars to help fund TOPS.

It’s been 100 days for President Donald Trump in office, and he still has the support of Louisiana’s congressional delegation, business leaders, and officials from the oil and gas industry. But ULM Political Science Professor Dr. Joshua Stockley says Mr. Trump hasn’t done much yet:
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He says it’s not surprising that policy changes haven’t been made yet as the federal process is a slow one.

Baton Rouge Mayor President Sharon Weston-Broome says speculation that a decision could be made this week from the Department of Justice on the Alton Sterling shooting by cops is just that. No matter what happens, they are urging the public to react in a peaceful manner.

The number of high school seniors in Louisiana who have applied for federal aid to go towards college tuition is the highest in the state’s history, and with two months before the deadline, is on pace to top the the final FAFSA counts of previous completed cycles. According to the state Department of Education.

A measure is being heard in the House Way and Means Committee that would place a flat corporate income tax from 1 to 2 percent on the profits a business makes. Jackson Representative Kenny Havard says he has received positive feedback on his measure…:
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Business groups like LABI are not supportive, because corporate loopholes will be closed. But Havard says companies or businesses will not have to pay this tax, if they don’t make a profit.