 By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor If you had a few million bucks sitting around at the end of the month, what would you do with it? At the Louisiana Legislature, lawmakers opted to spend it rather than return it to the people who gave it to them. Tyler Bridges explores how lawmakers are taking a different approach to this year's surplus, when compared to one Louisiana had in 2008.
The head of Louisiana's Senate Finance Committee is making enemies — in the Louisiana House. The second-ranking member in the House says Bodi White has "rankled" members of the lower chamber, particularly by killing some House bills without giving them a full hearing.
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