A higher education tax credit designed to provide an offset to revenue generating bills receives a cold shoulder from House members. The legislation is called the SAVE act and the Jindal administration is pushing it. But Democrats like Amite Representative John Bel Edwards says the measure makes no sense…:
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The measure was pulled but without it Jindal is expected to veto revenue generating bills that restore higher ed and healthcare cuts.

The state House did not advance a senate approved constitutional amendment that would have made it easier for Louisiana’s public colleges and universitities to raise tuition. The legislature has to sign off on any tution change at the state’s higher education institutions. The measure passed 33-4 on the Senate side but failed in the House 51-47.

The state senate approves legislation that prohibits State Police from paying trooper security costs when Governor Bobby Jindal travels for campaign purposes. The head of the state democratic party, New Orleans Senator Karen Carter Peterson, says State Police should not be using it’s own resources to support a governor’s presidential campaign…:
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Peterson’s amendment passed on a 29-5 vote. Jindal’s office responded saying it’s a shame the leader of the Democratic Party wouldn’t want a Republican Governor to have protection.

A measure which would mean dramatic decreases in Louisiana’s tough pot poession penalties is headed to Governor Bobby Jindal’s desk. Metairie Representative Joe Lopinto says right now the sentence for one gram of marijuana and 60 pounds is the same which makes no sense…:
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HB 149 is a compromise between lawmakers who have tried to reform marijuana sentencing and law enforcement lobby groups.