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Budget process taking on a new shape
The Senate Finance Committee started the process Monday morning of wrapping up its deliberations over the state budget by taking sometimes-tearful testimony from the public. […]
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House Republican chair targets agency heads
The last bill that Rep. Lance Harris managed to file for the ongoing regular session seeks to add “new layers of transparency” to the way agency and department heads do their state jobs and earn money. […]
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Bill aims to put ‘In God We Trust’ in schools
A bill moving to the Senate floor that would require public school districts to display “In God We Trust” in each of its school buildings may have been voted on unanimously by the Louisiana Senate Education Committee, but some local School Board officials haven’t embraced the move. […]
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Legislature hosting a bit of election action, too
Even though the regular campaign season for the Louisiana Legislature won’t come around again until 2019, there’s already one open seat that will be decided by a special election next year and more could soon follow. […]
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Legislature to consider fantasy gaming wagers
Rep. Kirk Talbot, R-River Ridge, is already facing opposition to his HB 676 to legalize fantasy gaming — think football, basketball and baseball — before the bill has even had its first hearing. […]
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Republicans positioned for small gains in Legislature
While not by much more compared to the current term, Republicans will continue to have a majority in the Legislature. […]
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Business scorecard delivers poor grades for most of Legislature
The annual legislative scorecard compiled by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry was released Tuesday and includes a grade of “F” for 94 members of the Louisiana Legislature. […]
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By 2020, half of state legislature may be gone
Term limits were approved by Louisiana voters in 1995 by a vote of 76 percent, but they didn’t go into effect until roughly eight years ago. […]