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. The REC heard from the state’s legislative economist and then Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne called for a vote to recognize the money…
Over three decades ago The Bossier Educational Excellence Fund was started with just $500,000 from the yearly state tax revenue of Louisiana Downs. Now, that fund has grown to over $50 million, and the man that’s credited with its start, Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, recalls the time when the then Governor, Edwin Edwards, gave the green light for the account.
Cut 6 (13) “for classroom experience.”
Campbell estimates the fund continues to grow by about 2-3 million annually.
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. Elahi was standing behind the fog line conducting a traffic stop when 46-year-old Tracy Govan’s vehicle crossed over the marker and struck three officers. Prosecutors say Govan was intoxicated, because two hours later he blew a .062 blood alcohol level, but Govan’s Attorney Louis Scott says that’s not over the limit.
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