House Appropriations Committee

Lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee approved a state budget that cuts funding for early childhood education by $24.3 million. The proposed budget also lowers last year’s one-time stipends for public school teachers to $1,300.

The House Ways and Means Committee tabled a bill to get rid of Louisiana’s personal income tax on Monday. The proposal has stalled in the Legislature in recent years and will likely come up again next session.

The House Appropriations Committee passed the newest version of the state’s operating budget Tuesday. Chairman Cameron Henry (R-Metairie) says this latest…

After several weeks of examining the material they have to work with, the House Appropriations Committee begins sculpting the budget bill today. It’s…

In the 2016 sessions, House members were ready to blame the state's budget problems on inaccurate fiscal notes from the Legislative Fiscal Office. Now…

Secretary of Economic Development Don Pierson took his turn in front of an Appropriations Subcommittee on Business Development Tuesday. He says while some…

As the Special Session must end Wednesday at midnight, the House and Senate appear on their way to implementing a deal. Central to that compromise is…

The full House will consider two plans for resolving the $304-million budget shortfall Friday, and neither of them is the Governor's proposal. One is…

The House Appropriations Committee took up its part of the budget fix Wednesday afternoon, making changes to the Governor’s plan to resolve the $304…

Higher Education officials are asking the House Appropriations Committee for $1.1 billion next fiscal year. That’s $188 million more than they received in…