As it stands now, TOPS students will have to pay 30-percent of their tuition next school year, unless more revenue is raised before June 30th. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says if students and families want it fully funded, get involved in the legislative process…
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A third special session for 2018 is expected this month to see if legislators can muster enough votes to approve a sales tax bill, so that TOPS and higher education is fully funded.

At least one state lawmaker says she will donate the per diem from a third special session to a worthy cause in her district. Bogalusa Representative Malinda White says her constituents are aggravated with the costs of the extra sessions…
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The donation she is making is an estimated 15-hundred dollars.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s office says a 44-year-old Denham Springs woman was fatally stabbed by 33-year-old Christopher Glenn in a domestic violence attack. Spokesperson Lori Steele says Tosha Smith was stabbed multiple times and another woman was also injured…
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Steele says multiple children were inside the Denham Springs home too.

Entergy has suggestions to keep electric bills down this summer. Becca Dill has the story.
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