The fiscal cliff is officially gone as the Revenue Estimating Conference recognized 500-million dollars in revenue that will be used to shield TOPS, public colleges and most state agencies from cuts after July 1st. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne led the meeting, one day after the governor signed a new sales tax bill into law…
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Higher ed officials are welcoming the new budget that preserves university and TOPS funding. Matt Doyle has more.
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An ex-boyfriend has been charged with second-degree murder in the apparent beating death of a 20-year-old Pointe Coupee Parish woman. Madeline Falgout was found dead in her home yesterday in Fordoche. Sheriff Bud Torres says they believe the murder weapon is a baseball bat, but an exact motive has not been determined…
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Torres says 21-year-old Eric Duhon Junior confessed to the murder.

The man who struck and killed a Sterlington police officer, David Elahi with his car in 2016 was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. 46-year-old Tracy Govan was found guilty of vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injury in February. Govan’s Attorney, Louis Scott, says it’s a shocking sentence considering his client’s clean record and the fact it was an accident.
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Elahi was standing behind the fog line conducting a traffic stop when Govan’s vehicle crossed over the marker and struck three officers.