Louisiana just became a more expensive place to live, work, play, raise a family and own a business. As we all know, legislators watched winter turn into spring and then
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No matter what they seem to do in Baton Rouge, the deficit in the budget of state government won’t go away. A legislative session was dedicated to raising taxes in
Editor’s Note: A guest post from Shreveport demographer and political analyst Elliot Stonecipher. It isn’t every morning that I smile more or less all the way through my cereal, and
The Sunday morning editorials bristle with attacks on the Legislature for “kicking the can” and for failing to follow the Governor’s lead. But what lead were we to follow? What
Louisiana desperately needs to diversify its business base in order to create good jobs; for too long we have depended upon oil and gas exploration and petrochemical manufacturing. As we
All that screaming and yelling for more or less nothing. Senate President John Alario gave up Thursday morning on passing a final tax bill, which means that the special session
Editor’s Note: A guest post from Tony Ligi… It is clearly evident that regardless of who our Governor is or
Last night at the state capitol, the last-gasp attempt by Gov. John Bel Edwards to boost taxes on individual Louisianans
Editor’s Note: A guest post by Shreveport-based demographer and political analyst Elliott Stonecipher. No matter anything else, many Louisianans believed
The hearing for HB 38, the $113 million tax hike the House Ways and Means Committee moved to the House
It’s going to the House floor, and it’s widely expected the bill will pass. A visual representation of the bill,
State Representative Alan Seabaugh lets loose on this week’s episode, ripping into the dishonesty from the Governor’s office on how
Last week, the The House Ways and Means Committee voted 11-10 to stop a key aspect of the Edwards’ tax
The state treasurer follows up on the letter he wrote to the governor earlier this week telling him he ought
He said he was going to come to Louisiana on a “trade mission,” and now he’s doing it. Hoping to
Editor’s Note: A guest post by State Rep. Rick Edmonds (R-Baton Rouge)… On Monday evening, the Legislature convened its second
Editor’s Note: A guest post by Rep. Blake Miguez (R-New Iberia)… The Louisiana Legislature will meet in special session again
We have, it’s fairly obvious, a fool for a governor. That’s not to say John Bel Edwards is a stupid
Editor’s Note: See here for a PDF copy of the letter. Honorable John Bel Edwards Governor State of Louisiana P.O.
