Aviva Aron-Dine
April 5, 2017
The efforts to raise the state gas tax to finance transportation projects got a political boost on Tuesday when a broad coalition of business groups said Louisiana needs to raise an additional $500 million per year.
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1.03 - Number of painkiller prescriptions per person in Louisiana in 2015, the sixth-highest rate in the nation. Gov. John Bel Edwards is supporting legislation that would limit prescriptions for opioids. (Source: Associated Press)March 9, 2017
As House committees began marking up the American Health Care Act yesterday, the bill was the subject of bipartisan, bicameral criticism.