Tangi wins in new budget bills

Published: June 21, 2023

By: Poet Wolfe LSU Manship School News Service

Spending bills approved by the Legislature include millions of dollars for renovations at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Loranger Branch library and for health services, tourism, and economic development in Tangipahoa Parish.

An infrastructure bill, House Bill 2, directs $21 million to Southeastern, including over $20 million to renovate D. Vickers Hall, approximately $700,000 for a new sports complex and $600,000 toward construction of a campus nursing building.

Also in the bill: around half a million dollars for the Loranger Branch of the Tangipahoa Parish Library. State Rep. Nicholas Muscarello Jr., R-Hammond, said the funds will support locating the library next to the Loranger High School campus for use by students and members of the public.

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