Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, sponsored legislation that would have required Louisiana's millionaires to pay an additional 2%.
The Biden administration released a key portion of its budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year Friday.
Critics say lobbyists designed new law to cater to corporate interests
All five of those GOP lawmakers also supported the trial’s constitutionality in a procedural vote last month. Cassidy did not.
Firm hired to conduct training is supposed to be judged on ‘low number of complaints’
But $309 million probably won’t be enough to meet the state’s need
Scalise, Higgins, Johnson, Graves vote against yanking assignments
About 275,000 Louisianans will be newly eligible to get the vaccine starting Feb. 8
The state’s top health official expects a fourth surge in cases later this year
Calls climate change ‘a dire situation’
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Tom Vilsack’s nomination to lead USDA.
Courtney Phillips says state has been able to keep declined shots from going to waste
Cassidy 1 of 10 senators who met with the president
Dems excited to continue ‘John Lewis’ legacy’
There were initially more ballots cast than eligible votes Saturday.
Vaccine supply hasn’t been evenly distributed across Louisiana
Toomey also cited a separate comment by Fudge, who is Black, that Republicans don’t care about people of color.
‘UK variant could become the predominant strain,’ Edwards says
Administration also to focus on environmental justice and and racial impact of pollution
Sen. Cassidy: ‘Does the Biden administration really care about jobs?’
60 percent of the state’s kindergarteners start enter unprepared
It’s not clear whether other senators would sign on to Kaine’s proposal, and if so, how many might do so.
Starting next week, a minimum of 10 million vaccine doses per week will be distributed across states, tribes and territories.
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats urged the chamber’s ethics panel to investigate Sen. Josh Hawley’s role in the pro-Trump assault on the Capitol.
Part of the national security team that was expected to be confirmed Wednesday.
Joe Biden early Wednesday unveiled the list of executive orders.
Joe Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States at noon.
‘We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts’
‘Disagreement must not lead to disunion,’ president says
As Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn in on Wednesday as the 49th vice president of the United States.
While the bill would likely pass the House, it’s unclear if Democrats have enough votes in the Senate.
Says his plan is ‘based on scientific, not politics’
An organizer said corporate moves that involve huge tax exemptions “need more scrutiny”
In July 2011, a pipeline owned by ExxonMobil burst near Laurel, Mont., dumping 42,000 gallons of crude oil into the nearby Yellowstone River
Levine, an openly transgender woman, is an alumna of Tulane med school
Louisiana state tax and fee collections will not return to their pre-pandemic levels until at least 2022 or later.
‘We are in a race against time,’ Biden’s transition team says
Worth an estimated $14 million in tax revenue over 10 years
Biden and Harris are still expected to take their oaths of office outside
‘I’ve seen the dark evil of political violence firsthand’