A Senate approved bill that would establish the SAVE fund did not advance out of the House Ways & Means committee Wednesday. The complicated measure involved new fees being raised on college students and giving the higher ed institutions a tax credit to cover them. Some say this bill would be a way the Governor wouldn’t veto the budget but Scott Cornelius is an LSU student who told the committee that Governor’s do not veto budgets…:
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The vote was 10-9 to kill the proposal.

Governor Bobby Jindal will make a “major announcement” regarding the 2016 presidential race on June 24th in New Orleans. It’s expected Jindal will announce his intentions for the Republican presidential nomination. The GOP field is crowded as nine candidates have already entered the race.

Members of Louisiana congressional delegation ask the Army to reverse its decision to deny Louisiana National Guard Staff Sergeant Thomas Florich the opportunity of a burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Florich was one of four Louisiana National Guardsmen and seven Marines killed in a helicopter crash during a training mission in Florida in March. But Florich was not listed as on active duty at the time of the crash so the Army says he is not eligible for burial at Arlington. Congressman Ralph Abraham doesn’t understand that..:
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HE says they hope the Army will change their ruling in this case.

The Senate Finance Committee approves a bill that would increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes 64 cents which is 32 cents higher than what the House agreed to. The panel also agreed to increase the tax on cigars and vaping products which the bill’s author, Bogalusa Representative Harold Ritchie, supports.