Maginnis: The old two-year college try
In the past five hard years of higher education's declining state support, rising tuition, defecting faculty and deteriorating facilities, college leaders have stuck together and let the Board of Regents coordinate their requests for funding from...
DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
The old two-year college try
In the past five hard years of higher education's declining state support, rising tuition, defecting faculty and deteriorating facilities, college leaders have stuck together and let the Board of Regents coordinate their requests for funding from...
DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Lawmaker says Arkansas Obamacare model can work here
Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, spoke today in support of a bill that would allow low-income Louisiana residents to buy health insurance with federal Medicaid money. Meanwhile, a few blocks away at the Capitol, lawmakers voted to defer the bill,...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
BRAC relieved, hopeful as session rolls on
BRAC officials are less concerned today about the state’s various economic incentive programs than they were a couple of weeks ago. But they’re still hoping the Legislature doesn’t suspend the Competitive Projects Payroll Incentive...
DATE: May 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
LaPolitics by Maginnis: Potential money move to fund vouchers
The burning question in the Capitol is, where will Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration find the estimated $40 million needed to fund 8,000 voucher slots, after the Supreme Court ruled the money cannot come from the Minimum Foundation Program? One...
DATE: May 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Legislation would allow drilling to resume at inactive La. wells
Under a new bill making its way through the state Legislature, oil producers would be able to resume work, for a two-year, initial exemption period beginning in July, on inactive wells that had been deemed inactive prior to July 1, 2010. During that...
DATE: May 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Capitol Views: BESE asked to redo MFP
As hundreds of voucher students rallied on the Capitol steps, the Senate Education Committee decided to ask BESE to rewrite the school funding formula in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling. The validity of the current Minimum Foundation...
DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Hollywood and local celebrities team up to promote tax incentives
Celebrities and state politicians walked the red carpet Tuesday night for the Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association's Laissez Louisiana Film Rouler event at the Celtic Media Centre. While the affair brought a Hollywood vibe to Baton Rouge,...
DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Maginnis: Surplus envy creeps in as other states do better
Through the last five years of ongoing, agonizing budget deficits and midyear cuts, Louisiana politicians could at least console themselves knowing that other states were grappling with the same financial woes brought on by the national recession.
DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Bills seek legislative oversight of privatization
The Louisiana Legislature should have greater oversight of state privatization efforts, says Rep. Kenneth Havard, R-Jackson. He says the private sector often is more efficient than government, and hopes his
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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