Extending 'temporary' sales tax passes panel
BATON ROUGE — Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, sat before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday with tears in his eyes advocating a bill...
Voting reform bills make way through legislature
BATON ROUGE — Seven bills and one House resolution about voting and elections advanced through the House and Senate committees on...
Broadband bill makes it through Senate panel
BATON ROUGE — A bill that would establish a grant program to create broadband access in communities around the state passed through a...
Logger aid included in Rescue Plan bill
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana is one step closer to using the federal money it is receiving from the American Rescue Plan after a bill by...
WWI, Holocaust now education mandate
BATON ROUGE — A bill that would require the instruction of World War II and the Holocaust to middle school and high school students...