To convince the legislature to pass a bill that requires unanimous jury verdicts was considered a long shot in March. Now as Jim Shannon reports the measure is one vote away from becoming law.
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The Senate approved a spending plan for next fiscal year, but it’s never expected to become law as legislators will be asked to raise additional revenues in a special session to soften the deep cuts the House and Senate budget plans currently propose.

The legislature took a step closer to passing a law in Louisiana that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. The House approved the proposal on a 78-9 vote. Denham Springs Representative Valarie Hodges….
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The measure goes back to the Senate for concurrence on minor changes made by the House. Mississippi passed a similar law, but a federal judge’s ruling has put a hold on the legislation.

House Republican lawmakers are criticizing the Edwards administration for sending out letters to Medicaid recipients, warning them they could lose their benefits after July 1st because of a lack of state dollars for health care funding. Lafayette Representative Nancy Landry says the letters were completely unwarranted as the budget process is not yet finished…
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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the feds require Medicaid recipients to be informed of program cancellations ahead of time, so that they can try to find other programs to qualify for.