Jim Beam

Louisiana, like other states, is looking for something to replace gasoline taxes when electric and hybrid vehicles become the primary means of travel. Paying taxes for miles driven is a tough alternative. https://t.co/zQMk5WcacZ

Excessive mail could be a major reason why charities are receiving less contributions at a time when there is great need around the country. Here is some background: https://t.co/fuG1PfsRkF

Louisiana now has a Freedom Caucus, which is described as conservatives' right flank. They made themselves known at the end of the controversial fiscal legislative session on June 8. Here is the background: https://t.co/DIxUuk7X1h

The late-President Gerald Ford, like President Joe Biden, had an inflation problem in 1974. Many Americans identified with Ford's plan. Here is what he recommended: https://t.co/fBHwM7K058

The Louisiana Legislature has overturned a 2016 law that has kept the state's 17-year-old juvenile offenders out of adult prisons. Here is the background: https://t.co/nct4NS1dmc

Conservative Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives are up in arms over the way their leaders ended this year's fiscal session. Here are the details: https://t.co/MahmHoYni4

Louisiana legislators will start putting their finishing touches on their fiscal session that has to end by 6 p.m. Thursday by approving a spending compromise. Here are the details: https://t.co/oLdHz4cVYb

"Kingfish U:Huey Long and LSU," a new book by Robert Mann, takes the legendary governor's ties to LSU to a new detailed, informative, and entertaining level. Here is a review: https://t.co/tx9MloiDNO

A bill making its way through the Louisiana Legislature would set up a pilot program putting records of juvenile offenders out for public view, which advocates for juveniles say will cause long-lasting damage. Here are the details: https://t.co/45MQrx3TsW

Louisiana Senate Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, is waging a campaign to have the Legislature raise the state's spending limit in order to finance numerous long-delayed projects across the state with a $2.2 billion surplus. https://t.co/aoCLdozReW

Legislative leaders in the Louisiana House are the winners again as lawmakers approve pet projects that are big vote-getters back home. https://t.co/H7XrAyLZy0

A Louisiana legislative effort to give lawmakers their first base pay raise since 1980 has failed again. Here are the details: https://t.co/e6YctHW2dd

Louisiana state Rep. Stuart Bishop, R-Lafayette, is in his last legislative term and is trying to end some of the state's $7 billion in tax breaks. https://t.co/nvTcx3GrH1

Being able to celebrate with five mothers in one family is a rare treat for Mother's Day and here is the story of one man's family. https://t.co/pmSGYsK0YK

The late-state Sen. B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn of Bogalusa, La., had some interesting comments the last time the Louisiana Legislature got a pay increase in 1980. Here are the details: https://t.co/olj9NIm471

Pay has become a major issue at the Louisiana Legislature's fiscal session but it appears increases will be rare. Here are the details: https://t.co/IcBhv6RHIz

Louisiana Republican state Attorney General Jeff Landry has been a major filer of lawsuits for many causes during his nearly eight years in office and he is still at it (opinion). https://t.co/N3oVRR7ane