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When the state Bond Commission met Thursday, they voted to take out the governmental equivalent of a “payday loan”.“Revenue Anticipation Notes, or RANs as…
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With the House and Senate taking today off, this is a chance to update you on some of what happened in the flurry of activity, changing over from the…
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It’s not unusual for the Legislature to meet on the weekend before the session ends, but it is out of the ordinary when they get the budget bill done a…
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While most of the attention this session has been on the $600-million hole in the upcoming budget, earlier today, the full Senate did their part to…
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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 Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday evening, and discussed HB 105, the bill giving the Attorney General his own budget.A.G. Jeff Landry insisted…
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There have been food safety regulations since at least the time Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt.“Our Creator did not instruct them to cook their raw…
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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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The Senate and the Administration, fed up with the standoff forced by the House this week, have drawn their lines in the sand today.A House resolution to…
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The Senate Finance Committee met Thursday to get an update on the state budget crisis.“It’s almost all minus signs,” Legislative Fiscal Analyst Greg…