Walt Leger

Yesterday we looked at state income, as part of Budget 101. Today we’ll look at the outgo.Where does Louisiana spend its $9-billion of State General Fund…

Governor John Bel Edwards tried to put a good face on it.“I am extremely pleased with where we are, considering where we started. And while we may have…

The regular session has ended, and the second special session has begun. And the chairman of House Ways and Means, Neil Abramson, is nobody’s favorite…

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…

Speaker Pro Tem Walt Leger was handling Senator Ronnie Johns’ SB 468 on the House floor Wednesday afternoon.“This bill has to do with the minimum age for…

As House Appropriations took up the budget bill Monday, it sounded like the Governor and Approps chair Cameron Henry might finally be on the same…

Monday was the final day for the House to pass any revenue raisers, and still enable the Senate to act on them in the special session. Yet a bill to cut…

If the votes on the alcohol tax increase are an accurate indication, a new alliance in the House between Democrats and moderate Republicans may leave the…

Louisiana’s House Republicans have been insisting the Governor needs to make more budget cuts before they’ll consider raising revenue. With the full House…

“As I understand it, we have competing bills.”Thus began a lively debate between Speaker Pro Tem Walt Leger and Prairieville Rep. Tony Bacala.“I have…