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Lawlessness by teen-aged gangs is a growing problem on Eunice streets, Police Chief Randy Fontenot said Monday to about 40 people he called to a meeting at the Eunice Municipal Complex.

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.

Higher education leaders indicated Tuesday there would be furloughs for the University of Louisiana system and consolidation of LSU AgCenter’s research and extension services, perhaps even terminations, under the newly proposed cuts by Gov. John Bel Edwards.

Legislators who have hospitals under threat of closure in their districts expressed confusion and anger in a prolonged House Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday after Gov.

Gov. John Bel Edwards presented a budget to the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday that would cut TOPS by $183.2 million for the next academic year, equating to a 62 percent cut to the program’s finances and excluding thousands of students receiving state money for tuition.