2015 Legislative Session

Changes to a number of state laws go into effect today. The items were passed in the legislative session to help create revenue in addressing a $1.6…

Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed the three bills that make up a legislative deal brokered in the dispute over Louisiana's use of the Common Core education…

A bill that creates a fee for filing an extension for state taxes cleared the legislative session.State Senator Mike Walsworth discussed the item this…

Louisiana's film industry leaders are asking Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto a bill they say is a "death sentence" for the industry.In a letter sent Tuesday to…

“We stand here and declare the 2015 regular session adjourned sine die.” With that, the 2015 legislative session came to a close. The uncertainty and...

“Who the hell cares what Grover says?” Apparently the Senate does, while the House could not care less. The Senate passed their “new and improved”...

Both the House and Senate worked over the weekend. Yet even Revenue Secretary Tim Barfield – the governor’s point man on tax increases and tax offsets -...

Public university leaders are pushing the state legislature to approve a higher education tax credit that is having trouble getting support in the…

Today the full House considers HB 2, the Capital Outlay bill. That’s the list of state and local construction projects authorized for the next fiscal...

A bill to increase a tax credit program by $47-million dollars found favor with the House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday. Speaker Pro Tem Walt Leger...