The 2019 legislative session gets underway today and since this is a fiscal session, lawmakers are able to discuss tax increases. A proposal to increase the state’s gasoline tax, but it faces opposition from anti-tax groups like the Americans for Prosperity. State Director John Kay says before the state considers a higher gasoline tax, it should dedicate the current 20-cent gas tax completely to infrastructure and not use a portion to pay for salaries within the transportation department…
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But the President for the Louisiana Coalition to Fix Our Roads, Erich Ponti, says there’s already a mechanism in place to ensure gas tax money is used for highway construction….
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Governor John Bel Edwards focal point of the legislative session is pay raises for teachers and school support staff….
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Edwards kicks-off the session with a joint address to the House and Senate at 1 PM.