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The state Legislature is back at work today. Just one week after ending a rocky special session, Gov. John Bel Edwards used his State of the State address…
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Legislators are moving on from a failed special session to focus on the regular session that starts Monday.Robert Travis Scott is President of the Public…
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The special legislative session to address the state's budget shortfall for next fiscal year ended early, with no solution in sight. The Legislature spent…
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Lawmakers ended the special session early, failing to raise any revenue to avoid the fiscal cliff.Gov. John Bel Edwards, clearly frustrated, says the…
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Louisiana’s special legislative session could come to an early close Monday, with no fix for next year’s billion-dollar budget shortfall.Members in the…
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A bill to raise state sales tax failed on the House floor for the second time Sunday night, putting even more doubt on the future of a rocky special…
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After the House failed to pass a major tax bill Wednesday night, the future of the special session appeared shaky. But there was some progress in getting…
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Louisiana’s House of Representatives is still sharply divided over how to fix the fiscal cliff. The House was finally set to vote on tax and budget bills…
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The Louisiana House worked behind the scenes Tuesday on tax negotiations. And key to those negotiations is the Legislative Black Caucus, led by…
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Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Travis Scott on the second week of the special legislative session to address the looming fiscal cliff on…