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Analysis: More talk, but no action on TOPS changes
MELINDA DESLATTE,Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s free college tuition program called TOPS carries a hefty price tag in a state budget that has been throttled with cuts. It is expect...
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Analysis: Landrieu losing, winning in federal court
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — He lost two court battles last week, but New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu may yet come out a winner politically. On Wednesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Co...
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An AP News Analysis: Hospital contracts have financial gaps
By MELINDA DESLATTE,Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is moving so quickly to privatize the LSU-run hospitals that deals are being approved with significan...
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With 29 months until the election, race for governor heating up
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD LaPolitics.com With the next governor’s election a mere 29 months away, prospective candidates are getting down to the first order of business, which is raising t...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pay raises on probable path to victory
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD LaPOLITICS.com Proposed salary bumps for assessors, clerks and judges are all positioned to move forward in the remaining three weeks of the regular session. Toge...
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Time running out on single sales tax collection system in La.
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD LaPolitics.com With the U.S. Senate approving legislation earlier this week to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, attention turns to the ...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawsuits against state government mounting
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD LaPolitics.com BATON ROUGE — Considering all the lawsuits that have been filed and those that are anticipated, the court system is putting Gov. Bobby Jindal and h...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Allain continues moves to protect artificial reef fund
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD LaPolitics.com A committee hearing that was scheduled Monday for a bill to place the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state constitution was temporarily de...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Analysis: Jindal offers no guidance for tax repeal
An AP News Analysis BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has punted the tax debate to lawmakers with no guiding principles for the multibillion-dollar budget implications involved in his bid t...
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tax effort guarded public from budget problems
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD LaPolitics.com BATON ROUGE — With Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax repeal package and those like it apparently immobile and parked for the session, lawmakers are slowly tu...
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Rep. Hensgens
HB 267 meant to unite, not divide
By REP. BOB HENSGENS The first thing I did when I read LHSAA Proposition 18 was take football out of the equation. Why just football? I would have reacted the same way if it were any sport, curricu...
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Analysis: 'Revenue neutral' toughens tax overhaul
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — By declaring his massive tax law rewrite would be "revenue neutral," Gov. Bobby Jindal has boxed himself into a requirement that seems nearly impossible to meet and that lim...
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