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Power and pork: Powerful legislators send big share of La pet projects to their districts
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Among the state-taxpayer-funded spending:
► $1 million for Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary in Terrebonne Parish. The School Board has closed the school, citing low enrollment, but Native American residents are pushing to create a French immersion program there.
► $2 million for the Central Athletic Foundation in East Baton Rouge.
► $2.5 million for Johnston Street lighting in Lafayette.
► $110,000 to upgrade the computer system for the District Attorney’s Office that serves Ascension, Assumption and St. James parishes.
About $48 million 56% of all lawmaker pet project funding went to 12 parishes represented by six powerful lawmakers who oversee the state’s finances, according to an analysis done by Louisiana Illuminator.
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