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The Senate Wednesday dashed the House’s hopes of eliminating from the state budget what some lawmakers consider to be unstable funding.The fiscal hawks in…
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The House Appropriations Committee Wednesday approved $60 million in capital spending for the state’s technical colleges over the next five years —…
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Next year’s method for funding for public schools is a bit up in the air after the Senate Education Committee rejected the proposed formula from the Board…
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Friday, the Senate Finance Committee continued to comb through the budget, and discovered there’s a lot left to fund this session.To get a summary,…
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In the Finance committee Thursday Senators questioned the way the House filled the hole it dug in the proposed budget for next year. The House took out…
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Government watchdog and political blogger C.B. Forgotston talks with Jim about the battle over the state budget and other going on at the Capitol.Donna…
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Legislators from across the political spectrum stood on the Capitol steps Thursday afternoon touting their independence and a seeming conclusion to budget…
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With a one-vote margin, a bill that would force Louisiana to accept federal Medicaid Expansion advanced through the House Health and Welfare Committee…
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Comedienne, author and colorectal cancer survivor Brenda Elsagher, who'll speak tonight at the Pennington Center.Jim talks with Douglas Baker, from the…
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The legislature’s bipartisan budget negotiations have yielded a late-night preliminary deal, struck after the legislature closed up shop on Monday. The…