The Louisiana House overwhelmingly approved and sent to the Senate several bills Thursday calling for $42 billion in total spending, including the $36.4 billion state operating budget.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Jerome Zeringue, R-Houma, has described the state budget as “relatively flat,” though it includes more money for K-12 teachers and higher education faculty, student scholarships, prison guards and foster parents.

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