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June 1, 2018
TOPS scholarships, mental health services, substance abuse treatment and local sheriffs are just a few of the priorities that would be hit by severe cuts in the latest version of the 2018-19 budget that cleared the House on Thursday.
Number of the Day
25 - Number of inmates who died in East Baton Rouge Parish Jail from 2012-16 - a rate that is 2.5 times the national average. (Source: Reuters)May 18, 2018
The legacy of slavery, Jim Crow era policies and systemic discrimination have resulted in black Louisianans having, on average, worse economic outcomes than their white counterparts. African Americans are more likely than whites to have household earnings that fall in the bottom 40 percent – or less than $37,000 per year.… Read more...