It’s week two of the legislative session and so far a House or Senate committee has yet to pass a bill that addresses the state’s huge budget deficit. Jeremy Alford, publisher of la-politics-dot-com, says what makes the $1.6 billion dollar shortfall challenging is Governor Bobby Jindal’s revenue neutrality policy. Alford says, with eight weeks left in the legislative session, no one really knows what to expect.

A bill supported by Governor Bobby Jindal passed out of the House Criminal Justice committe today. The measure by Kenner Representative Julie Stokes would make it illegal to share a sexual picture of a person without their consent. Stokes says this form of harrassment has become a common problem among young adults…
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The measure now heads to the house floor.

Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton’s bill that would provide equal pay for women is set for a hearing tomorrow in the House Labor Committee. Scott Carwile reports…
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An LSU Public Policy Polling survey done for the state’s film industry shows 48% of those polled said they had a positive opinion of the state’s film tax credit program. The poll shows 80% of Louisianians agree it’s good for the economy to have movies made here. Legislators have to yet to debate the various bills dealing with the state’s film tax credit program in this session.