With only two weeks left in the legislative session, lawmakers are not close to agreeing on a budget for next fiscal year. That’s according to Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com who says there has been movement with the criminal justice reform legislation. But he says the package that lawmakers will agree on is not as ambitious as what the governor originally proposed…:
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He says it’s anyone’s guess how this session will end.

The chairman of the Senate Education Committee wants a comprehensive study done on TOPS as a way to help legislators ensure the program has a long lasting future. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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People affected by the Great Flood of 2016 did not give favorable ratings to FEMA or the state government’s response, according to a recent survey by the LSU Public Policy Research Lab. Director Michael Henderson…:
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He says the study found that more people were affected by the flooding than we thought.

The search is over for a south Louisiana man accused of living in his ex-girlfriend’s attic, as 21-year-old Taylor Broussard is behind bars. Brennan Matherne with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says on May 3, the victim called police after escaping her home, where Broussard was attacking her…:
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He says when deputies arrived they found evidence indicating Broussard had been living in the victim’s attic to stalk her. The man faces a host of felony charges.