Louisiana Politics: Republicans push to break open state's dedicated funds logjam
Wed, 04/26/2017 - 10:50am
Should the Legislature unlock the state’s dedicated funds to free up more money for the budget?
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Louisiana governor's business tax shelved amid opposition
Tue, 04/25/2017 - 1:05pm
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Rather than face certain defeat, Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration is giving up on its effort to levy a new tax on business sales to help stabilize Louisiana's budget.
Louisiana Spotlight: All talk, little action in Legislature so far
Mon, 04/24/2017 - 11:04am
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Spectators watching the public meetings of the Louisiana Legislature since state lawmakers began their work two weeks ago may be tempted to ask why very little seems to be happe
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A six-pack of Bayou Bengal.
Proposed law would break the LSU-brew connection
Mon, 04/24/2017 - 10:25am
BATON ROUGE — A contentious proposal in the Louisiana House of Representatives by a Shreveport lawmaker would prohibit a state institution of higher learning from allowing its name or symbol to be
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State Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, speaks at Tuesday's meeting of the Select Committee on Coastal Restoration.
Allain: Restoration needs human touch
Wed, 04/19/2017 - 11:10am
BATON ROUGE — The Senate Select Committee on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control left its Tuesday meeting knowing Louisiana could gain 802 more square miles of land in the next 50 years.