In the waning hours of the legislative session, lawmakers approved the SAVE tax credit, which is needed to prevent Governor Bobby Jindal from vetoing revenue generating bills. Amite Representative John Bel Edwards called the legislation a gimmick and only proposed to help Jindal’s presidential ambitions…
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Hammond Representative Chris Broadwater told House members a vote against the SAVE fund will result in a 282-million dollar cut to higher education…
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The vote in favor of the SAVE fund in the House was 59-44, it passed by a much larger margin in the Senate.

Also in the final hours of the session, legislators approved a 50-cent cigaratte tax increase. Pushing the tax on a pack of cigarettes to 86-cents and using the additional revenue to pay for health care costs. Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton…
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The state House rejected a resolution that asked the Louisiana AG to drop his appeal of a federal judge’s order to release Albert Woodfox. Michelle Southern reports…
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