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Transportation Scholar Refutes Case for N.O.-B.R. High-Speed Rail
The debate over whether to build a high-speed rail line spanning 80 miles between Baton Rouge and New [...]
Read moreAmendment Steers State Surplus Money Towards Looming Retirement Debts
Due to a scheduled larger share of offshore oil and gas revenues from the federal government, some [...]
Read moreState Legislature Aims For “Sunset” On Jindal’s Medicaid Reform Plan
Jindal's proposal was an effort to lessen the strain of Louisiana's health care spending while improving [...]
Read moreAmazon Tax Passes House, Moves to the Senate
An expansion of state taxing powers - HB 641 - better known as the Amazon tax, passed the House today [...]
Read moreRestraints on Medical Malpractice Damages Coming to Louisiana
SB 61, which has been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee, would give the legislature power to [...]
Read moreRevenue Desperation Pushing States to Institute Amazon Tax
HB 641 - better known as the Amazon tax - would reclassify out-of-state companies as in-state if they [...]
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Speed Camera Ban Deferred at Senate Committee
Today, the state legislature deferred SB 75, which would have prohibited local municipalities from using [...]
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B.R. Advocate Letter: The Fallacy of an “Ultraconservative Orthodoxy” in Louisiana
Kevin Kane: The B.R. Advocate's Lenny Keller has described the Louisiana legislature as ultraconservative [...]
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Nation’s Incarceration Leader Seeks to Fight Crime While Saving Dollars
Louisiana’s stand as the nation’s leader for incarceration is the target of five new bills from the [...]
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