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Approximately 400 pieces of legislation have been signed into law during the session.

After being amended in the Senate and agreed upon in the House, the state’s $47 billion budget, HB 1, is headed to the governor’s desk.

The House voted along party lines to approve the congressional map with one Democratic district on Thursday.

Teachers and support staff will get another one-time stipend this year, according to Gov. Jeff Landry. But he hasn’t said where the money will come from.

With one week left in session two big items are left to be settled, the budget and a new congressional map.

A congressional map with one Democratic district clears Louisiana House committee

The congressional map with one less Democratic district will go before the House Governmental Affairs Committee Thursday morning.

After voters rejected the constitutional amendment to combine education funds to help pay for permanent teacher pay raises, Gov. Jeff Landry made a social media post saying that if teachers do not get a pay raise, then no one in state government will get one.

In a “Red Alert” message, the incumbent senator claims “the Jeff Landry election process mess” has kept some from being able to cast their vote for him.

The map favors the re-election of a Democrat in District 2, which is currently occupied by Congressman Troy Carter.