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A House committee will get its turn Monday on a bill that would exempt diapers and feminine hygiene products from state sales tax. “These are items that…
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A House committee rejected a proposal Thursday to let local governments set their own minimum wage, opting to keep that power in the hands of the state. A…
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A bill that would ban abortions in Louisiana once a fetal heartbeat has been detected is one step closer to final passage, after the House Health and…
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A Louisiana Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would set a minimum age limit for marriage in the state. But which age remains unclear. There’s…
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The Louisiana House has rejected a bill that would allow convicted felons to qualify for jury duty after a five year cleansing period. The bill by…
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Despite pushback from the House, Governor John Bel Edwards is sticking by his original funding proposal for K-12 education, which includes a $1,000 raise…
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The debate over next year’s budget is headed to the Senate, after the Louisiana House easily passed the bill Thursday. But K-12 education funding…
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Louisiana will not be the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. Senator Beth…
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A bill to hide the identity of people or businesses who produce drugs used to carry out the death penalty is making its way through the Louisiana House.…
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House Republicans are looking to give Louisiana teachers a larger pay raise than expected next year, as lawmakers decide how to spend $119 million in…