Lawmakers are catching some heat for including 22 million dollars of funding for a series of 113 local projects in a supplemental budget bill that’s headed to the Governor’s desk.
Critics like Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Travis Scott say things like refurbishing a lighthouse, park beautification, and sports complex construction can wait until after the state’s pandemic budget woes end…
House Appropriations Chair Jerome Zeringue disagrees saying that money covered a lot of crucial items like funding for public defenders and more…
Governor Edwards indicated he may line-item veto expenditures he finds questionable.
Last year lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment for this year’s November ballot, one covering the topic of abortion.
That amendment will be the first on the ballot this year, and asks voters to decide whether or not there should be a right to an abortion, or funding for abortions in Louisiana. Scott says this would mostly kick in should Roe vs. Wade be overturned by the US Supreme Court.
Again that is amendment number one on your November 3rd ballot.
This afternoon Senate Education will meet and among other topics take up legislation inspired by the suspension of a Jefferson parish 4th grader who had a BB gun in the frame of his web camera during class. That bill would create an appeals process for some school discipline issues and flew through the House last week with little to no opposition.