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“Don’t make any plans yet,” House Speaker Taylor Barras told the lower chamber’s members. “We have only next week and four days after that to complete the…
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After being AWOL much of the last two days of the regular session, House Ways and Means chairman Neil Abramson had some explaining to do about the failure…
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For the third time this year, Governor John Bel Edwards addressed a joint session of the Legislature, as a second special session follows on the heels of…
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The regular session has ended, and the second special session has begun. And the chairman of House Ways and Means, Neil Abramson, is nobody’s favorite…
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With very little discussion, the full Senate passed the budget bill today.“The only thing that we’re here to do is to decide how do we impose 600 million…
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The big deal of the week is the unveiling of the administration’s new version of the fiscal year 2017 budget proposal.“Make no mistake: the budget…
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There were sighs of relief as the special session ended promptly at 6:00 Wednesday night.“We leave here tonight being able to defend what we’ve done, and…
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We heard it repeatedly throughout the special session:“I can assure you, nobody wants to raise revenue. Nobody wants to raise taxes.”“No one wants higher…
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It's the last day of the special Legislative session. “Everything that we’ve done up to now is preliminary to have the final big votes that come out of…
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The mood at the Capitol is nearly as gloomy inside as outside. While the Senate remains frustrated by the continued intractability of the House, some in…