The executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association is sounding the alarm over an 82-percent cut in state funding for D-As, if lawmakers do not raise more revenue in next week’s special session. Pete Adams says if the cuts go through, fewer cases will be prosecuted…
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Adams says they are willing to actively lobby for a renewal of a portion of a temporary one-cent sales tax, so the cuts can be restored.

The US Attorney for Louisiana’s Western District, David Joseph, says his office has added three violent crime prosecutors to his staff because of an uptick in criminal indictments…
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One of the prosecutors has been assigned specifically for the Monroe area.

Louisiana’s two-year schools will not raise tuition rates next academic year. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Governor Edwards will visit with the King and Queen of Spain today, who are in New Orleans to celebrate the city’s tricentennial. A ceremony will take place at 11:30 at Gallier Hall on St. Charles Avenue. King Felipe the Sixth and Queen Letizia will also visit an exhibit on the Spanish empire in the Americas at the Louisiana State Museum. They will also reportedly discuss ways to improve economic ties between Louisiana and Spain.