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Lafayette representative Page Cortez joined KPEL this morning for another edition of "Acadiana Live" where morning show hosts Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero speak with local lawmakers.  Cortez says the biggest news happened in the earlier session this year.

State Senator Mike Michot of Lafayette joined "Mornings With Ken & Bernie" to be the segment guest for this week's "Acadiana Live".

State Representative Rickey Hardy joined "Mornings With Ken & Bernie" to be the guest for "Acadiana Live".  Hardy is part of the Acadiana delegation at the State Legislature.

State Representative Page Cortez of Lafayette joined Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero on The Morning Report to talk about the recently completed special session and to talk about the upcoming fiscal only session of the Louisiana Legislature.  Cortez says the budget will be the primary conern, but other bills will be considered.

State Senator Mike Michot joined The Morning Report for another segment of "Acadiana Live" featuring local political leaders.  Michot says the about to be completed special session on redistricting has been intense, and lawmakers have faced scrutiny.

Today, the Revenue Estimating Conference will be reporting to Governor Bobby Jindal the latest with sales, business and other taxes coming into the state's coffers.  The question is-will this make a major change in the amount of the this year's budget shortfall?  State Senator Mike Michot tries to answer that question.

Office of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Nick Gautreaux and one of his managers, Geraldine Duplantis, joined The KPEL Morning Report to talk about OMV's operations.

This morning on Acadiana Live, State Senator Mike Michot responded to the ongoing discussion about the grade a local report gave him after the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce issued their information.

Governor Bobby Jindal and his administrative team are looking at ways to make cuts to the 1.6 billion dollar budget deficit.  State Senator Elbert Guillory says he thinks UNO and SUNO should be consolidated.

State Senator 22 elect Fred Mills joined State Representatives Taylor Barras and Page Cortez on this morning's edition of Acadiana Live.  Mills spoke of his weekend win, and his fellow lawmakers addressed redistricting and the state's shortfall.

State Representative Simone Champagne joined Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero for Acadiana Live this moring to talk about the upcoming session dealing with districting and the fiscal only session.

On Monday's edition of Acadiana Live, State Representative Jonathon Perry spoke with Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero about the state's budget problems, census data, redistricting and more.