Louisiana 2021-2022 State Budget Plan: Winners and losers
Legislators are spending a lot of money on roads, bridges and pet projects. Lafayette Parish is a big winner there.
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News + Notes
Legislative Roundup: Budget, capital spending pass Senate unanimously; UL, Cajundome get added projects—maybe; relaxed concealed carry passes House; Senate OKs Lafayette party panel expansion
Legislation is flying at the Capitol in the waning days of the regular session. And there’s much more left.
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OPINION: What has consolidation cost the city of Lafayette? More than $100M in opportunity.
Since consolidation, the city of Lafayette has spent more than $100 million propping up the parish’s perpetually faltering finances. $100 million can buy a lot of opportunity.
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Legislative briefs: Requiring the National Anthem at sports events; ending the pause on new offshore drilling permits and more
Measures requiring the National Anthem at sports events and new ‘election processes audits’ advanced in a wave of legislation on the move.
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Legislative briefs: Lafayette land swap; tax exemption for feminine hygiene products
The Senate unanimously Lafayette’s land swap with UL. The House OK’d a statewide sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products.
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Louisiana’s economy is changing. What does that mean for you?
Over the next month, The Current will host a series of Listening Sessions with folks on the front lines. We want to bring together people with different, even opposing, views to dig deeper into this important discussion.
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Beaullieu’s expenditure limit amendment fails, then passes
Beaullieu’s amendment would scrap that constitutional formula and empower the Legislature to enact a statutory formula that would cap expenditure growth at 5%.
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House passes Bryant’s resolution to ‘study’ legal marijuana
Under Bryant’s HR1, the House Criminal Justice Committee, of which he is a member, would conduct the study and report its findings to the Legislature at least 14 days before next year’s regular session.
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LCG disregarded expert consultant’s advice in making Fiber director appointment
After a roughshod search, the Guillory administration appointed LUS Fiber’s first-ever independent director, moving forward with a hire against the advice of its expert consultant.
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A pirate gets his due
A new book unearths evidence suggesting Jean Laffite faked his death and lived out the rest of his days in North Carolina.
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House reverses itself, passes income tax reform amendment
The bill, HB274 by Rep. Stuart Bishop, R.-Lafayette, failed to pass Wednesday on a 66-26 vote, four votes short of the 70 needed for passage. It passed upon reconsideration Thursday by a landslide.
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Legislative briefs: Hairstyle bill fails in House; Senate OKs anti-social media censorship; Senate levies hefty sports wagering fees
On second look, the Senate passed a pair of bills that previously failed to advance.
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