Capitol Views: Lawmakers enjoy high-flying antics

The Louisiana chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a conservative-leaning and anti-tax organization, underwrote the...

Capitol Views: Lawmakers approve Gleason license plate, reject golf cart proposal

While a proposed hike in the state's gasoline tax has been hogging the transportation...

Capitol Views: Reminders of a shortened session persist

Lawmakers have until 6 p.m. to file legislation for the ongoing session, meaning any...

Capitol Views: Senate getting real with grocery items

Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee heard testimony Tuesday on legislation that could alter...

Capitol Views: Tax topics on Tax Day and a ticking clock for the budget

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which is the first step in...

Capitol Views: Next move in budget talks involves amendment chatter

After House Speaker Taylor Barras voted Wednesday morning to break the REC’s nearly four-month...

LaPolitics: Con-Con legislatively dead, but politically alive

No bills or resolutions have been introduced for the regular session to address the...

Capitol Views: Death penalty on the docket

Lawmakers will debate Louisiana’s use of the death penalty this session, as a series...

Capitol Views: Legislators await revenue forecast

Members of the Legislature's budget-writing committees jumped feet first into the regular session's second...

Capitol Views:Regular session convenes, first campaign steps taken

After three years of pushing for tax increases and permanent revenue solutions, and settling...