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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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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…

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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…

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

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Louisiana is looking to spend at least $7 million in public funds to bring Saudi-owned LIV Golf to New Orleans in 2026. LIV's owner is Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund worth nearly $1 trillion. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/06/02/lou…

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. 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

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Lawmakers have agreed to name the "Cajun Night Before Christmas" (written by J.B. Kling, Jr. and illustrated by James Rice) as Louisiana's official state children's Christmas book. HB273 by Rep. Annie Spell heads to the governor's desk with a 39-0 vote from the Senate. #lalege

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Anti-hazing training will double for Louisiana college student organizations #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/briefs/college…

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Senate votes 33-5 for Rep. Brian Glorioso bill to ban handheld cellphone use while driving, with some exceptions. Similar bill has failed over years, but this year is being pitched as a way to address rising auto insurance costs. HB519 returns to House for final passage. #lalege

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BUDGET: As lawmakers work on a bill to spend dollars available in the current budget year that ends June 30, the House added about $61 in earmarks for lawmakers' favored local projects back home. Senate Finance added about $60M more yesterday into that bill, HB460. #lalege

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Senate's 28-8 vote gives final passage to Rep. Troy Hebert bill to require people on unemployment to do five "work search actions" each week to keep receiving benefits. People could lose unemployment if they don't appear for scheduled job interviews. HB153 to governor. #lalege

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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…

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