A mostly fiscal legislative session begins today at the Louisiana capitol. How to spend the state’s money will be a focus of the two month long session.
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That’s La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford, who says Gretna lawmaker Joe Marino is proposing to increase legislators’ annual salary from $16,800 to 60-thousand dollars in 2024.

A poll of Louisiana voters commissioned by the Justice Action Network shows attitudes changing about putting offenders in prison. JMC analytics pollster John Couvillon says a large percentage of respondents favor alternatives to jail, if the offense wasn’t a violent one…:
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The poll found 77-percent surveyed feel persons charged with misdemeanors or minor offenses – and no danger to others – should remain out of jail, pending trial.

A bill up for debate in the legislative session that begins today would require a person to be 21 or older to enter a bar instead of at least 18.
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