Paper docs still blowing around capitol

By Justin DiCharia

BATON ROUGE – In 1997, Louisiana House Speaker Hunt Downer ushered his lawmakers into the digital age. Bills, amendments, votes and fiscal notes became available on their individual screens with the click of a mouse.

Nineteen years later, the path toward a paperless Legislature has made headway, but hard copies still reign and taxpayers are left holding a six-figure invoice.

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