The Senate Education Committee will discuss today whether a task force should be formed to study the TOPS scholarship program’s long-term liability. Senate Education Chairman Blade Morrish says the taxpayer funded award has not been examined since it was created over 20 years ago…:
Cut 7 (10) “come to”
He says this information would be useful when it comes to drafting proposals that would alter the program.

With only two weeks left in the legislative session, lawmakers are not close to agreeing on a budget for next fiscal year and addressing the loss of over a billion dollars in temporary taxes that are set to expire in July 2018. That’s according to Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com:
Cut 4 (08) “in full”
The session must end June 8th.

A south Louisiana man is behind bars after police say he stalked, beat up his ex-girlfriend and secretly stayed in her attic…:
Cut 3 (31) “I’m Halen Doughty”

Nobody won the Powerball jackpot last night and it now climbs to $275 million dollars for Saturday night’s drawing. That’s a cash value of over $170 million dollars.