Sen. Eric Lafleur, D-Ville Platte, spoke to the Eunice Rotary Club Wednesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
State Sen. Eric Lafleur said being Senate Finance Committee chairman has been a “nice deal” for him as far as having influence over budget and policy decisions.
House Ways & Means Committee chairman Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, during Wednesday’s meeting in which a tax bill key to Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plan to plug a $600 million shortfall in next year’s budget was killed. Credit: Samuel Carter Karlin
Louisiana lawmakers voted to kill a key part of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ revenue-raising package Wednesday, throwing a wrench in his plan to close the state’s $600 million budget deficit.
Gov. John Bel Edwards
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Wednesday that he signed the following bills into law:
ACT 378 – SB 140: Provides for the organization of the Department of Environmental Quality
Jeremy Alford
With a variety of issues on the agenda for second special session of the Louisiana Legislature, ranging from sales tax exemptions to corporate taxes, Senate President John Alario believes the most endangered part of the governor’s call may involve the personal taxes paid by citizens of the state.
Sen. Karen Carter Petersen, D-New Orleans, listens to Gov. John Bel Edwards address the joint session of the Legislature on the opening day of the second special session of the year. The night before she single-handedly killed a bill to allow juveniles who were sentenced to life without parole would have become eligible after serving 30 years in prison. Credit: Samuel Carter Karlin
With three minutes left in the 2016 regular session, a life-and-death drama was unfolding on the Senate floor. Sen.
