Republican lawmakers in Louisiana’s House of Representatives helped stall Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s spending plans, but the governor said she’s not negotiating with the GOP legislators any further in the special session. “I’m not. The legislators can try to do that,” …
A nearly $2 billion package of pay raises, road repairs, insurance rebates, health care and other spending sought by Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco easily sped through a House committee Dec. 9. The House Appropriations Committee also agreed to a technical …
Louisiana’s budget has been boosted by $1.6 billion, money lawmakers can spend in a special session scheduled to start Dec. 8. But the Senate president blocked attempts to enrich financial forecasts by another $827 million, complicating Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s plans …
Despite calls to cancel, Gov. Kathleen Blanco issued her formal plan Dec. 2 to bring lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special legislative session to spend as much as $2 billion in new state dollars on pay raises, tax …
Amid complaints the Road Home program is moving too slowly, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon asked insurance companies to speed their cooperation with the state’s hurricane housing aid program. The Road Home program, which gives grants …
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said the costs of her special session agenda of tax breaks, pay raises and insurance relief could be covered by an expected $800 million jump in state income this year – on top of an $827 …
Lawmakers will return to Louisiana’s Capitol for a rare December special session to work on insurance relief for property owners, tax cuts, road improvements and pay raises for teachers, police and firefighters, Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s office said. The agenda for …
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said she has delayed calling a special legislative session on insurance relief because she is waiting to hear if the state will attract the major manufacturers it is courting, in deals that also would require legislative …
Republican state lawmakers face steep hurdles in their attempts to call the Louisiana Legislature into special session early next month an attempt to sidestep Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who they say is moving too slowly on hurricane recovery. GOP legislators …
For Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the train often appears to leave the station with her jumping on the caboose. She frequently is late to take positions on issues gathering political steam and regularly latches onto popular issues only after legislators …
