LSU Student Government hosts a rally at the State Capitol today to call on the state legislature to fully fund TOPS and higher education.
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That’s LSU student government president Stewart Lockett who says if lawmakers do not act before the end of the fiscal year on June 30th, students will face a 30% cut to TOPS and a $21 million dollar reduction in funding for LSU.

A 59 year old man walked out of the state penitentiary as a free man for the first time in his adult life after serving over 40 years for a murder in Monroe. DNA testing helped exonerate Gerald Manning of his murder conviction in the 1977 death of Vonda Harris. His attorney, Kristin Wenstrom, says Manning then worked out a deal with the Ouachita Parish District Attorney’s office…
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Manning plans to live with his mother in Monroe.

Governor John Bel Edwards says the National Guard air support team will remain at the Mexico border. In a statement released, the governor says the troops are not participation in the separation of families and he condems that policy. President Trump has signed an executive order to end family separations at the border.

A major employer in north Louisiana is set to lay off as many as 227 employees next month. Simsboro Mayor Sybil Foster says Ardagh Glass produces glass containers, but the companies they serve like Tabasco, Smucker’s and others are demanding other materials…
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Around 450 people work at the plant, which received tax incentives during the Jindal administration to retain its workforce.