Jeff Landry's budget includes cuts to Louisiana’s domestic violence shelter funding • Louisiana Illuminator

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Jeff Landry's budget includes cuts to Louisiana’s domestic violence shelter funding • Louisiana Illuminator

State Rep. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, said she wants funding for domestic violence shelters that was cut in Gov. Jeff Landry's budget proposal to be restored. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)Gov. Jeff Landry has reduced state funding for domestic violence prevention programs by $7 million in his budget proposal for the second year in a row. Survivor advocates said losing the money could close shelter beds and end outreach services. “It w…