A final budget is in that fully funds higher ed, healthcare, and TOPS, while instituting a 4.45 percent sales tax. Matt Doyle has the story.
The news that the budget deal was on the way to the governor’s desk garnered quite the reaction.
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That’s the sound of a video posted to Twitter by UL System President Jim Henderson, of the excitement from Girls State, a summer leadership and citizenship program made up of high school juniors, upon hearing the news of TOPS and Higher Ed remain fully funded.
President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani is in Lafayette today to host a fundraiser for Republican Congressional candidate Josh Guillory, who is seeking to unseat GOP Representative Clay Higgins this fall. Meanwhile, President Trump endorsed Higgins. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says it’s a bizarre circumstance…
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A group of Republican US Senators will head to Russia this week, including Louisiana’s John Kennedy. Kennedy says he wants to establish some rapport with high-ranking government officials and he hopes one of those meetings will include Russian President Valdimir Putin. Kennedy says he also intends to discuss the allegations of election interference in the US and other countries through the use of social media, a claim he says Russian denies.