A bill that would prohibit the use of eminent domain for carbon capture storage and pipeline projects was rejected by the House Natural Resources Committee on a vote of 12 to 7. Lawmakers approved legislation in 2020 that gave the government the power to use eminent domain for carbon capture and Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association president Tommy Faucheux says you can’t turn back now…
Pineville Representative Mike Johnson spoke passionately in front of the House Natural Resources Committee about his bill that would put the power back with the property owner
The technology captures carbon dioxide produced by industrial factories and then it’s stored underground into large storage tanks.
A state senator’s quest to prevent additional school districts from adopting four-day school weeks advances to the House. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell’s bill passed the State Senate with Senator Eddie Lambert of Gonzales casting the lone “no” vote. Mizell says she filed a bill last year mandating a five-day school week; at that time, there were six districts with four-day weeks. She says four-day school weeks create logistical problems.
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A proposed constitutional amendment to limit governors to two terms passed out of the House Governmental Affairs Committee. Under current law, governors who serve two terms can run for re-election after sitting out for four years. Chalmette Representative Mike Bayham says former governors start with an unfair advantage and that was one of the reasons it took a future governor, Kathleen Blanco, longer to be elected governor.