Affordability legislation advances, TOPS repayment bill fails.

Efforts to attract more aerospace industry to the state advanced from the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committee on Monday. That’s despite a fiscal note not detailing how much this could cost the state general fund in future revenue.

TOPS recipients who lose their state-funded scholarships would have to repay them, under a bill that barely got out of the House Education Committee.

Two bills for a proposed constitutional convention to revise the state’s constitution are advancing in the legislature.

Currently, in Louisiana, a governor can be sworn in more than twice but is limited to two consecutive terms. HB 225 would prevent former Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards from seeking a third term.

HB 1088 gives local and state sales tax rebates for the purchase of certain items used in aerospace facilities and activities.

The Louisiana House has approved HB 838 to eliminate the inspection sticker requirement for most drivers. The proposed QR code sticker would cost $6.

The measure would give sales tax rebates to aerospace businesses that create 200 permanent jobs and make a $1 billion investment

A bipartisan bill that would make it easier for parents in Louisiana to win special education disputes has the full backing of the House education committee.

A bill to ban eminent domain from being used for carbon capture and storage failed to advance from committee last week