Most Louisiana residents approve of Medicaid expansion, according to an LSU survey. Director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab, Dr. Michael Henderson says 72 percent of respondents for the 2017 Louisiana Survey approve of the expansion. He says the approval rating for the Affordable Care Act has increased over the past few years…:
Cut 12 (10) “more favorable”
He suspects this is because more people are learning about the ACA.

Attorney General Jeff Landry is once again suing Governor John Bel Edwards, and this time it’s over money. The AG’s office says the state is taking ownership of an escrow account with settlement money that Landry says is supposed to be for the Department of Justice’s use. Edwards’ responded saying the money does not belong to the DOJ and he’s more than willing to defend that in court.

73% of small businesses in the staet oppose a gas tax hike. Dawn Starns, State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business, says their survey indicated owners don’t feel increased revenue would actually go towards roads. She says state government needs to do more with what they have available to them…:
Cut 5 (08) “transparency”
She says most small businesses don’t feel that they have a traffic problem and don’t think additional revenue would benefit them.

The House Ways and Means Committee began looking at various tax proposals today that will be discussed over the next several weeks. Jackson Representative Kenny Havard is pushing legislation which he says is the most sensible approach of alleviating the tax burden on residents, and asks businesses to pay their fair share…:
Cut 10 (08) “that’s unfair”
A vote was not taken on Havard’s proposed legislation. There are over 140 tax bills filed in the House.