By the Manship School News Service
Here’s what 15 Louisiana lawmakers said after Gov. John Bel Edwards’ opening address to the nine-day special session of the Legislature, in which he outlined plans to eliminate a $304 million midyear budget deficit in part by tapping $119 million from the state’s “rainy day fund.”
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By Sam Karlin
Two Louisiana state senators said today they will introduce a measure to expel state Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, from the Legislature following pleas of no contest in two separate domestic abuse allegations since he was elected in 2015.
By Matt Houston
By Katie Gagliano
BATON ROUGE — Rep. Paul Hollis, R-Covington, in a bill filed almost three months prior to the 2017 general legislative session, is seeking an exemption for Louisiana residents from Affordable Care Act (ACA) noncompliance penalties.
BATON ROUGE – An advisory panel to the governor recommended Wednesday that the Legislature approve the latest draft of Louisiana’s master plan aimed at protecting coastal communities from inundation by the Gulf of Mexico.
By Sarah Gamard
BATON ROUGE- Opposing views notwithstanding, there was consensus on one issue Senate Select Committee on Homeland Security meeting last week: federal aid to Louisiana since the August 2016 flood has been a disappointment.
Read the story in The Shreveport Times
By Sam Karlin
Gov. John Bel Edwards made his case Jan. 27 for combining the state’s “rainy day fund” and spending cuts to fix a $304 million mid-year budget shortfall, warning lawmakers that funding reductions will be “deep” and “painful” no matter what.
By Matt Houston
By Matt Houston
By William Taylor Potter and Christian Boutwell
BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Attorney Brian Eddington and State Tax Commission chairman Lawrence Chehardy entered a heated discussion Wednesday during the Tax Commission’s meeting Wednesday whether local assessors or the commission has the more authentic authority to assess values for property tax purposes.
Neither was persuaded otherwise.
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