The Louisiana House has approved a 34- billion dollar spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1st. The current budget is 30-billion dollars. Alexandria Representative Lance Harris says the increase is due to an influx of federal coronavirus relief dollars, so the state will not have this money to spend next year……
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The budget heads to the Senate for more debate.

A Greater New Orleans Foundation study finds that about three-quarters of nonprofits in southeast Louisiana are facing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. G-N-O-F CEO Andy Kopplin says many of these organizations, like food banks, are seeing an increase in demand, but have fewer dollars to carry on operations…
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Kopplin says 23-percent of organizations surveyed say they are looking at merging with other nonprofits because of financial issues.

LSU announces it’s changing the name of the Middleton Library. Since 1979 the building has been named after former university president Troy Middleton, who supported segregation. Middleton wrote a letter to the University of Texas in 1961 that said LSU still kept black students in a given area. Black student leaders pushed for the name change that needs board approval.

LSU expects all of its football players will be registered to vote by tomorrow. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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