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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“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…