MedStar Washington Hospital tweets that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise remains in critical condition and will need more operations. Michelle Southern has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards has signed 10 criminal justice reform measures aimed at reducing the state’s prison population by 10-percent. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The LSU baseball team has arrived in Omaha the site of the College World Series. Head Coach Paul Mainieri says even though this team doesn’t have a lot of experience in the C-W-S, his players seem cool, calm and confident…
LSU will play Saturday night against Florida State. Mainieri says this is his 6th trip to Omaha and the fifth time he’s brought an LSU team to the College World Series. If the Tigers win it all, it would be the school’s seventh national championship. But Mainieri says they will take it one game at a time…
LSU has won only one game at the College World Series since winning the national championship team in 2009. Mainieri has told his players it’s been a great season regardless of what happens in Omaha…
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Lawmakers are close to reaching a budget agreement with just five days left in the special session. The House approved a spending plan that appropriates all of the available dollars, something they would not agree to do during the regular session. Jackson Representative Kenny Havard says no one got everything they wanted in this deal.
House Republicans originally proposed to withhold more than $200 million to avoid midyear cuts. Houma Representative Tanner Magee says the spending plan isn’t perfect, but it’s probably the best they could do as far as reaching a compromise.
The bill does instruct the administration to hold back $60 million in case of midyear cuts, while appropriating the entire revenue forecast. Havard says no one wants to spend more money than we take in, but they had to come to an agreement.
The bill has the support of Governor John Bel Edwards, and Magee says he expects the Senate to approve it as well. He says he is cautiously optimistic lawmakers are moving in the right direction. He says it’s a relief they’re close to reaching an agreement.
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The full Senate could pass the House approved budget on Friday.
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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise remains in critical condition, according to MedStar Washington Hospital. President Donald Trump says this has been more difficult for the Jefferson Parish Congressman than originally thought. He says Scalise is in some trouble, but he’s a fighter.
The hospital says the gunshot wound to his left hip fractured bones, injured internal organs, and caused severe bleeding. MedStar confirmed the bullet traversed the pelvis, and LSU Health New Orleans trauma surgeon Dr. John Hunt says that could pose some problems.
Scalise reportedly underwent a third surgery today. One of the procedures was necessary to stop the bleeding, as the hospital says Scalise was in shock. Hunt says what that means is the patient lost a lot of blood.
MedStar tweets that Scalise will need more operations. Hunt says it’s not uncommon for gunshot wounds impacting the stomach to result in multiple surgeries. He says typically patients will undergo one procedure at the beginning and then come back for more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards signed 10 bills into law today that will result in shorter sentences for many non-violent offenders and expanded rehabilitation programs. Edwards predicts the new sentencing laws will reduce the prison population by 10-percent and Louisiana will finally lose the title as the incarceration capital of the world.
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It’s estimated these new laws will save the state 262 million dollars over the next 10 years. Edwards says much of the money will be reinvested to help keep released inmates from returning to prison.
Edwards says many of the bills that were signed into law have been successful in other states when it comes to reducing the prison population.
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