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Last Thursday was quite a taxing day in the Louisiana Legislature.
Not in the sense of being long and tiresome, rather, it was taxing in the sense that many votes were taken to raise your taxes.

It was no surprise that new Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the Department of Justice will launch a civil rights investigation of the Baltimore Police Department.

Lawmakers can only create new taxes or increase them in odd-numbered years, leaving even-numbered years to host their regular sessions. But a constitutional amendment by Rep.

There are only two areas of state government that have standstill budgets for the next fiscal year: the legislative and judicial branches, with $108 million and $176 million proposed, respectively.