Tax reduction issues dominate debate
BATON ROUGE — Legislative committees advanced bills Monday to eliminate a key corporate tax, reduce sales taxes and extend tax incentives...
Income tax proposal off the table this session
BATON ROUGE — State Rep. Richard Nelson suspended his proposal to eliminate the state income tax after discussing it this week with...
Public safety tops appropriations panel talk
BATON ROUGE — The House Appropriations Committee discussed Tuesday expanding the budgets for youth, corrections and public safety...
Edwards calls for more spending
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards joined lawmakers at the start of the regular session Monday to outline his agenda in his final state...
Task force would expand remote access to state meetings
BATON ROUGE — State Sen. Sharon Hewitt plans to author a bill that would allow members of the disabled community to participate remotely...
Special session on insurance underway
BATON ROUGE — Legislators kicked off a special session Monday to address one agenda item: whether to approve $45 million for an incentive...
