2:30PM Newscast January 23

The governor’s proposed budget calls for an 80 percent cut in state funding for TOPS, because of a one-billion dollar reduction in state revenues. the budget also included an additional 26-million dollar cut to higher education. Higher ed dodged budget cuts last year, President of the University of Louisiana System Dr. Jim Henderson says it had a big impact…

Cut 13 (10) “five years”

UL analysis showed Louisiana universities currently operating at the lowest per student funding in the country.

Now that the federal government shutdown is over, Congressman Clay Higgins is setting his sights on passing a bill to bolster the existing immigration law.  Higgins is co-sponsoring the “Securing America’s Future Act”.  The St. Landry Parish Republican says he wants to make it easier to hire Border Patrol Agents…

Cut 9 (10) “new job.”

The 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will feature Aerosmith and Aretha Franklin Michelle Southern spoke with Festival Producer Quint Davis…:

Cut 1 (31) “I’m Michelle Southern”

The recent cold snap could cause the strawberry crop to be pushed back a couple of weeks, but Whitney Wallace from the LSU Ag Center says the weather should perk up just in time for the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival…

Cut 5  (09)  “to enjoy.”

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