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After the Senate Finance Committee advanced HB 122 Thursday -- with less draconian cuts than its author Cameron Henry wanted -- the full House did pass…
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“Study after study shows this product causes sickness and death,” Speaker Pro-Tem Walt Leger said of cigarettes. He’s one of three representatives…
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Representative Jim Fannin of Jonesboro completed his final session as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee just over a week ago. Now that some…
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The final half-hour of the 2015 legislative session seemed more like an auction than lawmaking, as the House approved dozens of bills in the last 30…
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The House didn’t go for a complete makeover of Louisiana’s tax base Thursday. Instead they just trimmed off some split ends.“We’ve got a lot of tough…
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The House Ways and Means Committee started working through several revenue-raising bills Monday, including one that would increase the cigarette tax.There…
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Tax bills are on the agenda this week, in both the House and the Senate, and Governor Bobby Jindal says he’ll have his Secretary of Revenue and…