
Melinda Deslatte
@melindadeslatte
@PARLouisiana research director. Former @AP reporter. Tracks #lalege and #lagov. Grad of @LSU and @UofMaryland. Budget nerd. Football fan.
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http://parlouisiana.org/ 10-06-2009 14:44:12
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It's at the bottom of this tory but the Senate also added $1.5m to add 10 state goversment positions for La. DOGE - Governor Jeff Landry's Elon-like program to reduce government spending/find efficiencies. #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/2025/06/01/lou…

Louisiana Senate shelves proposals to reduce individual income and sales taxes – to avoid blowing big hole in the state budget (from Tyler Bridges) #lalege theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

Louisiana senators propose trimming private education vouchers, expand Medicaid budget (from Julie O'Donoghue) #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/06/01/lou…

Senate Finance amended the proposed budget for next year to add $7 million in incentives to attract the golf tournament (from Matthew Albright) #lalege


. LALegislativeAuditor has released a new report looking at how Louisiana's truck permitting fees compare to other states and what fee collections would look like if they were adjusted: app2.lla.state.la.us/publicreports.… #lalege






An #LSU board member is the subject of multiple whistleblower and EEOC complaints, alleging harassment, retaliation and that she threw a public fit at LSU Health Shreveport because a faculty member wouldn’t pay a house call for her husband #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/2025/06/03/esp…

Efforts to unplug Louisiana’s speed trap cameras create small-town discontent (from Greg LaRose) #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/06/02/spe…