Three weeks are left in the fiscal session and Governor John Bel Edwards says a special session maybe needed, because the legislature is not showing any signs of passing legislation to address the loss of one-point-three billion dollars in temporary taxes that are set to expire next year….
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The majority Republican House has not supported any large revenue-raising tax bill to offset a potential billion dollar shortfall.

The state Senate approved a bill that makes changes to the state’s film tax credit program. New Orleans Senator JP Morrell explained why the legislature should pass it….
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The legislation places a front-end cap of 180-million dollars, which is reduced to 150-million after three years and the program also has the potential of going away after eight years.

On a three-to-one vote, the Senate Labor committee advances a bill that would protect the LGBT community from workplace discrimination. Don Molino has more….
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Also, advancing to the Senate floor is a bill that would increase the minimum wage in Louisiana from $7.25 to $8.50 in 2019. The federal wage was last raised in 2009 and the bill’s author, New Orleans Senator Troy Carter, says the cost-of-living has gone up 35-percent since then. Business groups oppose the measure.