By Sam Karlin and Justin DiCharia
BATON ROUGE — Dan Reneau, University of Louisiana system president, predicted to the Manship School News Service Sunday that under the “best case scenario” for cuts to higher education, at least one university in his system will have to close for two to three weeks and others will have to suspend operations.
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By Tierra Smith
BATON ROUGE – Seven bills raising taxes on Louisiana’s tobacco products are before the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, filed HB3 levies a tax increase from 86 cent to $1.08 per pack. Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, filed HB14 that called for the same tax increase. Rep. Kenny Cox, D-Natchitoches, did as well
By Sam Karlin and Justin DiCharia
BATON ROUGE — The college system that includes Nicholls State University will have to close at least one of its schools temporarily and suspend operations at others under the governor’s “best-case” budget scenario, its top administrator said today.
By D.B. Narveson
Today might be Valentine’s Day in the rest of the United States, but here in the Pelican State, February 14 marks the start of the three-week special legislative session.
By Justin DiCharia
Local education experts question a Baton Rouge legislator’s proposal to address a growing state employee pension system burden saying the plan is short-sighted and could hurt efforts to hire and retain quality teachers.
By Quint Forgey
A change in LSU’s grading system caused a scare for some students who received false notices that their TOPS scholarships had been revoked because they no longer qualified based on their GPAs.
By Sam Karlin
State Treasurer John Kennedy, longtime gatekeeper of the state’s financial portfolios and perennial U.S. Senate candidate, says the state should not consider tax increases to ease the current financial crisis until unnecessary spending is eliminated.
By Sam Karlin and Justin DiCharia
The Louisiana Revenue Estimating Conference Wednesday predicted the state’s shortfalls are greater than anticipated, a scenario that was called the start of a new Louisiana recession and prompted LSU President F. King Alexander to warn that schools would be forced to close by April 30.
By Justin DiCharia
BATON ROUGE — In a packed Statehouse conference room, Rep. Barry Ivey, R-Baton Rouge, encountered an unexpected silence from the Teacher’s Retirement System of Louisiana’s Board of Trustees after he presented a plan to reform the state’s pension system.
By Nick Chrastil
Northeastern Louisiana legislators were given chairs of three Senate committees and two House committees as the Louisiana Legislature awaits the opening of the special session on the budget Feb. 14.
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