Governor John Bel Edwards says the possibility of another special session is increasing, because legislators have failed to advance proposals to address a billion dollar shortfall next year…
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There’s three weeks left in the session and the majority-Republican House has approved just one tax bill that would address that looming deficit.

The senate passed a bill that revamps the state’s film tax credit program. It has the support of the movie industry. The legislation calls for a 180-million dollar cap over the next three years and then down to 150-million dollars. Metairie Senator Conrad Appel doesn’t like the proposal.
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The measure will be discussed more in House Ways and Means.

A measure that prohibits workplace disrcimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals heads to the Senate floor after passing Senate Labor on a three to one vote. Doctor Will Hall, editor of the Louisiana Baptist Message, testifed against the measure, because he says this bill would go against a U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
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The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry did not take a stand after helping to kill the bill on the Senate floor last year.