By Nick Chrastil
Among contentious legislative debates over funding cuts, revising the constitutional limitations and eliminating tax breaks, is a resolution that would allow this quaint town with a population that maybe touches 3,000 to call itself “The Official Home of the Cajun Dictionary.”
By Michael Tarver
By Jack Richards
By D.B. Narveson
The bill is vehemently opposed by the state orthopedic surgeons.
By D.B. Narveson
By D.B. Narveson
Patients seeking physical therapy for aches and pains would be able to visit a physical therapist without a prescription from a physician if a bill that passed Louisiana Senate’s 31-7 Tuesday gets approval in the House.
The bill is vehemently opposed by the state orthopedic surgeons.
By Nick Chrastil
BATON ROUGE — Students from Lafayette and New Orleans joined lawmakers and activists on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol Wednesday for Youth Justice Day, a rally to petition legislators to raise the age of juvenile offenders from 17 to 18.
Louisiana is one of nine states in which 17-year-olds are tried as adults.
By Justin DiCharia
BATON ROUGE — State Treasurer John Kennedy’s inquisition of state contracts paid off Wednesday as a proposed legislation by Rep. Jay Morris’, R-Monroe, requiring private entities contracted by the state to file documents in a newly established database with the Legislative Auditor’s office passed the House Committee on House and Government Affairs and moved to the full House for consideration.
By Samuel Carter Karlin
The House Education Committee is scheduled to hear 10 TOPS-related bills Wednesday as legislators begin looking for more than $200 million to fully fund the popular scholarship program for the fall and spring semesters of the 2016-17 academic year.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has thrown his support to a measure that would decouple TOPS award amounts from tuition costs so students would have to pay the difference between their TOPS money and the actual tuition figure if tuition is increased further.
LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 