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Senate votes to require regular audit of Louisiana elections May 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, and Sen. Body White, R-Central, talk during opening day of the Louisiana legislative session in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, April 12, 2021.Gerald Herbert/AP BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Senate voted Monday to require regular audits of the state's elections by the legislative auditor, a measure pushed by Republicans who said they wanted to ensure people have confidence in election results. The proposal by Sen. Heather Cloud, a Turkey Creek Republican, was ...

A bill that could eventually provide more than $800 million for Louisiana roads and bridges by dedicating the state's temporary sales tax to infrastructure cleared a Senate committee Monday despite worries it could create future holes in the state budget. Senate Bill 1 by Sen. Barrow Peacock, R-Bossier City, would gradually divert money from the state's 0.45-cent temporary sales tax that expires on June 30, 2025 to the Transportation Trust Fund — $168 million in 2022, $294 million in 2023 and $387 million in 2024. Peacock said his bill would allow the state to wean itself from the t...

BREC steps up opposition to legislation that would split up parks Thursday, April 15, 2021 Sunset at BREC's Milford Wampold Memorial Park and University Lake. (File photo) BREC is stepping up its opposition to a bill by Sen. Bodi White, R-Central, that would break up the parish parks system and create three new smaller agencies to run parks and recreation in the cities of Central and Zachary and in the prospective city of St. George once it is incorporated. In a fact sheet released earlier this week, BREC says the bill would create additional and unnecessary layers of bureaucracy, risk BR...

Committee OK’s disaster recovery, rental assistance funds The joint budget committee of the Louisiana Legislature gave Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration the authority Friday to spend $331 million in federal funds but not before a contentious debate about how officials will distribute aid to rental property owners. The committee quickly approved allowing the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to spend $257 million in disaster recovery funds related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the five named storms that hit Louisiana during last year’s record-breaking...

by David Jacobs, The Center Square  | March 01, 2021 01:00 PM Print this article The joint budget committee of the Louisiana Legislature gave Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration the authority Friday to spend $331 million in federal funds but not before a contentious debate about how officials will distribute aid to rental property owners. The committee quickly approved allowing the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to spend $257 million in disaster recovery funds related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the five named storms...