By Sam Karlin
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana lawmakers officially launched on Monday night a special session dedicated to closing a $304 million mid-year budget shortfall with Gov. John Bel Edwards pitching his plan and challenging Republicans who oppose it to come up with a better one.
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By William Taylor Potter
The Louisiana Senate’s Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion denied several requests from Baton Rouge attorney Jill Craft, who is representing Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, as it deliberates, via differing resolutions, Brown’s expulsion for a pair of domestic violence misdemeanors.
By Matt Houston
The Louisiana Senate, acting as the Committee on Discipline and Expulsion, met Wednesday to authorize the use of subpoenas and the introduction of evidence in the hearing for Troy Brown.
By Matt Houston
By Laryssa Bonacquisti
By Sam Karlin
Louisiana lawmakers officially began a special session dedicated to closing a $304 million midyear budget shortfall late monday, with Gov. John Bel Edwards pitching his plan and challenging Republicans who have opposed his agenda to come up with a better one.
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.
LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 