Budget Restructuring Flies Through Committee; Tobacco Bills Up in Smoke

Kelly Connelly and Ashley Westerman — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:02:24 +0000

House committees took up two big ticket items Monday: budget reform and tobacco taxes. Bills that would makeover the process of building the state’s budget passed favorably in the House Appropriations committee. A packed Ways and Means committee did not vote on tobacco taxes; representatives deferred their bills.

Legislators Again Aim for Executive Branch Transparency

Kelly Connelly — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:57:17 +0000

After running on a platform of increased transparency, the Gov. Bobby Jindal has relied on a law that shields gubernatorial documents from public view to dodge open records requests from the press.