House OKs Senate changes to budget
BATON ROUGE — The House on Thursday voted 61-37 to pass the major changes that the Senate made to the state budget to fund health care...
Bill dedicates funds for TOPS
BATON ROUGE — Bills aimed at increasing student safety and supplementing TOPS funding have passed the Senate floor and seem close to...
Bills for tighter restrictions on abortion pass
BATON ROUGE — A day after the House voted overwhelmingly to ban abortions after 15 weeks of conception, two other abortion-restrictive...
School prayer bill changed, passes
BATON ROUGE — A bill that originally allowed teachers to fully participate in student-initiated prayer underwent major changes limiting...
TOPS expansion fails in House committee
BATON ROUGE — Two bills to expand TOPS eligibility that had been approved by the Senate failed Wednesday in the House Appropriations...
House OKs bill to prohibit abortion after 15 weeks
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana House voted 70-9 Tuesday to prohibit abortion later than 15 weeks after conception without much debate. If...
