Rep. Stuart Bishop's HB98 is up for House consideration on Tuesday. The bill would require all productive oil and gas wells in the state to contribute to the woefully underfunded Oilfield Site Restoration Fund ...
The House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $237 million in healthcare from the state budget on Monday. It also voted to shift $190 million in homeowner flood relief money to a flood control project near Baton Rouge ...
The Senate Finance Committee discussed a bill Monday that aims to help states decide, based on objective data, which state programs deliver the best bang for the buck ...
The bill before the Senate Finance Committee removing the statutory mandate that state funds go to itemized state and local programs was held to allow the author additional time to build her case ...
Emerson's HB468 would keep state and local regulators out of natural braiders' hair ...
House leaders say they will move HB1 through the Appropriations Committee today with a vote on the House floor set for Thursday ...
The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee will consider bills by New Orleans Sen. J.P. Morrell today to refocus the state's film tax credit program on support of Louisiana-based companies and industry ...
Under the proposal, Louisiana's anti-nepotism laws would be rewritten to let the son of Col. Kevin Reeves continue working as a state trooper even though he hadn't been with the agency for a full year as required by ethics law ...
The Louisiana House overwhelmingly has agreed that public school students should be able to carry sunblock without a doctor's permission or their school's blessing ...
