Now that the special session concluded without a solution to fill a one-billion-dollar budget shortfall in July, TOPS funding could be cut by 80-percent. With nearly 48-thousand TOPS students. Higher Education Commissioner Joe Rallo says many parents can’t afford to send their kids to college without some financial help. Those college prospects are looking elsewhere to get their education…
Cut 7 (11) “students leaving.”
With the special legislative session being a memory for some and a nightmare for others, lawmakers are looking ahead to the regular session that starts Monday. The question is how the legislature will react to a highly fractured body after the recent blood-bath. Kenner Representative Julie Stokes is suffering the effects of a brutal special session that she also fears will bleed over to the regular session.
Livingston Parish deputies have charged 27-year-old Chad Horsley with a hate crime. The Denham Springs man is accused of targeting a Muslim owned convenience store, while impersonating an East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputy. Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard says after being confronted with evidence, Horsley cooperated and admitted he picked that store for a reason.
The Tallulah Assistant Police Chief has found himself on the wrong side of the law. 50-year-old Jimmy Guy was arrested by state police after receiving a complaint involving him in encouraging child delinquency and malfeasance in office. Guy was arrested and booked in the Madison Parish jail. Bond was set at 57-hundred-dollars…