Louisiana House leaders steer millions of dollars in pet projects to their home parishes
Lafayette Parish is set to take home the second largest share of earmark dollars claimed for local projects.
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State Government
Bill to allow library board members to be fired without cause killed in committee
The bill sought to codify an attorney general opinion that library board members could be fired at the will of the governing authority that appointed them.
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Louisiana House budget plan eliminates teacher pay raise, pays down retirement debt instead
The spending plan retains university faculty pay raise, reduces early childhood education slots.
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Under abortion ban, Louisiana officials favor ‘pro-family’ tax credits over funding
Tax credits for pregnancies, adoptions and donations to crisis pregnancy centers are among the proposals filed by legislators this session.
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