J.P. Morrell

Sales tax on Girl Scout cookies, on sodas sold by band boosters at high school football games, even sales tax on tickets to public radio events: all are…

The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committee took testimony Wednesday on a different idea from Republican Senator Rick Ward, making businesses choose…

While the Senate was hoping for more revenue-raising bills to work on this week, the House took Tuesday off – though it appears lawmakers are getting back…

The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committee met this morning, but they could not yet act on the revenue bills sent over by the House, since those…

Louisiana is one of just nine states that treats 17-year-olds as adults when it comes to any criminal offense. That’s about to change, now, as the full…

The full Senate took up the state construction bill Wednesday; HB 2, also known as Capital Outlay."What HB 2 does, is it establishes our priorities as a…

“We need this in state government. We know that there is a problem with fraud,” Shreveport Rep. Mike Johnson said Tuesday, urging members of the Senate’s…

The Senate Judiciary B Committee said ‘no’ to Representative Mike Johnson’s Pastor Protection Act, a bill that would extend the rights of pastors or…

Have you ever tried to figure out where your money went, when you have too much month left at the end of your money? Tracking down the cup of coffee here;…

The mood at the Capitol is nearly as gloomy inside as outside. While the Senate remains frustrated by the continued intractability of the House, some in…