 By ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana Business Editor Good morning and welcome to your Friday edition of the Acadiana Business Newsletter. Let's get on to the headlines: When state funding was earmarked for Télé-Louisiane's French language programming in 2022, things were looking up. With $250,000 in state funds, subject to annual approval in the regular session, LPB and Télé-Louisiane made a plan to air Les Aventures de Boudini et Ses Amis, which had been a digital-only French-language children's cartoon with stories relevant to Louisiana culture, history and language. But this year, something changed. In the final days of May, a week before the end of the 2024 legislative session, McGrew and his team learned that funding for these programs had been cut from the budget. An effort to save it kicked into high gear. Then at the eleventh hour, the push to save the state's investment in French programming worked. Read the full story here. Have a great weekend and thanks for reading. | 
