Multiple female legislators critiqued LSU’s handling of the allegations in a joint committee hearing in March, and they vowed to make dramatic changes.
Helena Moreno, a New Orleans city councilwoman and a former state representative, and survivors of domestic violence spoke in support of White’s bill in the Senate Judiciary A Committee.
Senate Bill 133, sponsored by Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, advanced through the House Committee on Health and Welfare. The bill would require the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) to serve as a resource for addressing health care disparities for women and vulnerable populations in Louisiana.
“Black women are more likely to die while giving birth in the state of Louisiana than white women are, and we want to continue to make sure we close that gap,” said Kimberly Hood, assistant secretary for the Louisiana Office of Public Health.
Health, safety of women common theme in Louisiana legislature
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Major tax reform legislation passes House after failing the night before
Creates new individual income tax rates and repeals federal deduction
Louisiana legislators convene in the House of Representatives chambers at the State Capitol during the 2020 special session. (Wes Muller/LA Illuminator. Wednesday Sept. 30, 2020)
House lawmakers on Thursday passed a major tax reform bill that had failed to gain enough votes the night before. House Bill 274, sponsored by Rep. Stuart Bishop (R-Lafayette), is a proposed constitutional amendment that would create new income tax rates and get rid of the law that lets residents deduct from their state tax returns what they paid in federal taxes.
âLaPoliticsâ: Scalise increases fundraising haul, national travel schedule
Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and Wisconsin. Plus Louisiana, of course, and Washington, D.C.
Thatâs a sampling from the travel schedule of U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Jefferson Parishâfrom the first two weeks of the month, at least. As he has done in previous terms, Scalise is recruiting new GOP candidates in competitive districts, helping fellow incumbents stand strong and raising money at each and every turn.
From 2008 to 2013, Scalise made a name for himself on the Hill as a go-getter who wore out the shoe leather to strengthen the partyâs foothold in the lower chamber. By 2014, he was the GOP whip. Today, he clearly knows that making it into the party leadership isnât the same thing as staying in the leadership. “Iâve been doing more,” Scalise told LaPolitics in an interview. “Iâve been on the road a lot.”Â
Louisiana lawmakers nix gas tax hike but advance plan to extend sales tax
Mark Ballard
BATON ROUGE Saying something must be done to find the money to fix the state s crumbling highways and dangerous bridges, the Louisiana House s tax-writing committee rejected the latest effort to increase the tax on gasoline but advanced a bill that would extend the temporary sales tax increase.
On an 8-8 vote late Tuesday night, the House Ways & Means Committee sidelined House Bill 615. The measure started out proposing lowering one dedicated tax and raising another with the effect of increasing the tax on gasoline at the pump. that would have raised about $315 million in additional revenues per year to address a $14 billion backlog on road needs.
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