TOPS cuts may continue through next year

BATON ROUGE – The Edwards' administration proposed a state budget Thursday that keeps the cuts to the TOPS scholarship program intact. In the proposal, students would only receive 70 percent of their scholarships beginning fall 2017. It's the same amount students are receiving this year after lawmakers cut the program in the 2016 session.The TOPS scholarship offers two to four years of in-state college tuition to Louisiana high school students who meet the requirements. In Dec