Flavored vaping ban bill out of committee
BATON ROUGE — The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 Thursday to advance a bill prohibiting flavored nicotine products used in vaping....
Senate president favors increasing spending cap
BATON ROUGE — The Senate Finance Committee advanced a resolution Wednesday that would increase the state’s spending cap with a two-thirds...
Students could get tax money for education
BATON ROUGE — The House Education Committee voted 7-4 Tuesday to advance a bill to place state money into accounts that parents could use...
Tax reduction issues dominate debate
BATON ROUGE — Legislative committees advanced bills Monday to eliminate a key corporate tax, reduce sales taxes and extend tax incentives...
Parishes could get more severance taxes
BATON ROUGE — The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a proposal for a constitutional amendment that would sharply increase the cap...
Income tax proposal off the table this session
BATON ROUGE — State Rep. Richard Nelson suspended his proposal to eliminate the state income tax after discussing it this week with...
