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New state laws will have an impact on voters
Jeremy Alford, Capitol Correspondent
Published: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:16 p.m.
BATON ROUGE — The 85-day legislative session that adjourned last week brought plenty of changes to laws that impact voters, including recall petitions, voter registration and election primaries. . . .
Judge asked to OK taxes for schools
# By DEBRA LEMOINE
# Advocate Florida parishes bureau
# Published: Jun 22, 2010 - Page: 8B
"The St. Helena Parish School Board is asking a federal judge to impose a 62.3-mill property tax to increase employee salaries and another property tax large enough to fund $27.5 million in school construction. . . ."
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Louisiana Passes Health Care Freedom Act
22. Jun, 2010 Written by: TAC Daily Updates
This article goes into a little more detail than the one posted earlier, below:
WASHINGTON, June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire — Last Friday, June 18, 2010, Louisiana became the first state with a Democrat-controlled legislature to oppose a requirement to purchase health insurance—the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s health reform agenda. Louisiana House Bill 1474 (HB1474), which passed the Louisiana Senate with strong bipartisan support, will soon head to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s desk. . . .
Louisiana's Democrat legislature passes law against ObamaCare
The Examiner ^ | June 22, 2010 | Robert Moon
Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:32:38 AM by 2ndDivisionVet
Louisiana has become the first state with a Democrat-controlled legislature to pass the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, which bans the federal health insurance mandate at the center of Obama's illegal government health care takeover. . . .
EBR Library Board favors adding $19 million to 2011 budget
# By CHANTE DIONNE WARREN
# Advocate staff writer
# Published: Jun 11, 2010 - Page: 4B
The East Baton Rouge Library Board voted 5-2 Thursday to recommend increasing the proposed 2011 budget by an extra $19 million to pay for work on the downtown library. . . .
Louisiana House tries to repeal statute governing rainy day fund repayment
Louisiana House tries to repeal statute governing rainy day fund repayment
From The Associated Press, June 10, 2010 - 1:29 PM in Canadian Business Online
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana House leaders are trying to gain ground in their dispute with the Senate over the state's "rainy day" fund by undoing the statute at the center of the complaint. . . .
The House and Senate both want to use the rainy day fund to help balance the budget, but they disagree on when it must be repaid. House leaders think it must be repaid immediately. Senate leaders say it won't have to be repaid for years. . . .
Legislation objecting to Obama's federal health revamp OK'd by La. Senate committee
From The Associated Press, June 9, 2010 - 1:54 PM (in Canadian Business Online)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Legislation objecting to the federal health care overhaul in Louisiana narrowly escaped a Senate committee Wednesday and will be debated by the full Senate.
However, passage by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee only came after the bill was amended to ensure it amounts to little more than a symbolic statement of policy. Language added to the measure explains that nothing in it should be construed to supersede federal law. . . .
CATS considers tax
Transit system seeks dedicated funding source
* By GREG GARLAND * Advocate staff writer * Published: Jun 9, 2010 - Page: 1B
The board that oversees East Baton Rouge Parish’s public transit is considering seeking voter approval of a tax to support the financially troubled system. . . .
St. Helena Tea Party to Fight Lawless Fed Judge
Lincoln Parish News Online ^ | May 23, 2010 | Walter Abbott
Posted on Monday, May 24, 2010 7:33:52 AM by abb
St. Helena Parish is about to form a tea party to fight precisely what our forefathers fought over 200 years ago – taxation without representation. Alton Travis, a 12-year St. Helena school board member, has begun preliminary efforts to organize a group. “I’ve made some phone calls and I’m putting together a contact list,” Travis said.
Mr. Travis spoke earlier today with Lincoln Parish News Online (LPNO) from his home near Kentwood.
Last week, LPNO had reported about U. S. District Judge James Brady’s plans to impose a tax upon St. Helena residents without a vote. Brady is the former chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
Travis said he has been in contact with the Baton Rouge Tea Party (BRTP) for help in organizing a group in St. Helena Parish. . . .
. . . Authorities on both sides of the river deny any ethnic profiling of immigrants. They contend that . . . the illegal residents initially are arrested for other crimes. That is when officials determined they don't have the proper paperwork. . . .