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Proposed Cuts could mean furloughs for UL System, Ag Center
By Justin DiCharia
BATON ROUGE — Higher education leaders indicated Tuesday there would be furloughs for the University of Louisiana System and consolidation LSU AgCenter’s research and extension services — perhaps even terminations — under the newly proposed cuts by Gov. John Bel Edwards.
State agencies got the bad news earlier in the day of the governor’s proposed budget reductions starting July 1 to help close at $750 million revenue projected shortfall.
Several child support bills up for House discussion
By Tierra Smith
BATON ROUGE — Child support payments may increase on average of 5 percent for families with more than two children, but decrease for families with one child.
House Bill 933, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Miller, R-Norco, employs more recent data on child-reading expenditures to set the new child support payment guidelines, which hasn’t been updated since 1991.
Nervous energy surrounds budget release
By Justin DiCharia
BATON ROUGE – On the eve of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ release of next year’s budget, the testimony of nervous state agency brass during a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting Monday offered a sneak peek.
SENATE PANEL SIGNS OFF ON RED LIGHT WARNING
Bill would provide free admission days to La. residents at popular sites
By Michael Tarver
BATON ROUGE – A bill that would allow Louisiana residents free admission six days a year to popular sites, such as The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, passed through the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee without opposition today and headed to the full Senate for further consideration.
PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE REVAMP OK’D BY HOUSE PANEL
By Jack Richards
BILL EXPANDS ABILITY OF SOME FELONS TO OBTAIN CONCEALED-CARRY PERMITS
By Jack Richards
LEGISLATION UNHITCHES TOPS FROM TUITION COSTS
By D.B. Narveson
This Week at the Statehouse
By D.B. Narveson