jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Republicans give $101m to sports arena as myriad needs loom over Louisiana | US news | The Guardian
“Robert Mann – an LSU professor, author, and political historian who frequently criticizes Louisiana’s government – said that school officials and advocates have spent years pleading for a new library. Despite those pleas, lawmakers allotted only a few million in project planning for a new library.
However, lawmakers quickly delivered on Mulkey’s request for arena improvements, even though the university itself did not ask for PMAC funding.”