Lawmakers are working to craft a spending plan for next fiscal year in a special session that ends Monday. Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s confident a budget will be worked out, but lawmakers have already ensured there will be another special session because the House has made no effort to address the fiscal cliff in 2018…:
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The full House is expected to vote on a budget plan tomorrow.

Louisiana has a new State Police Col. Today the governor announced he’s given interim Superintendent Kevin Reeves the job permanently. Former Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson announced his retirement amid an investigation into a travel scandal. Reeves says the findings of this matter will be released after the department finishes the disciplinary process. He says they are working to ensure this won’t happen again…:
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Louisiana ranks 48th in overall child well-being, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book released by the Agenda for Children. KIDS COUNT Coordinator Theresa Falgoust says the Bayou State ranks 47th in education, which examined three and four year olds who don’t go to school, and 4th graders who are below proficient in reading…:
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Falgoust says one of the positives in the report is that 96 percent of children now have health insurance.

Governor John Bel Edwards has announced the replacement for former Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle on the LSU Board of Supervisors. In a statement, the governor says Mary Werner will take over the vacated seat for the remainder of the term representing the 3rd Congressional District. Angelle left his role as public service commissioner after he was named director of the U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.