Baton Rouge lawmakers identify funding source for new Mississippi River bridge

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A bill filed today by three members of the Capital Region delegation would extend a .45-cent sales tax and dedicate the money, in part, to the construction of a new bridge across the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge. HB693, co-sponsored by Reps. Paula Davis and Barbara Freiburg, both Republicans from Baton Rouge, and Sen.

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