House fails to resolve budget shortfall

House fails to resolve budget shortfall

by katiegagliano
Sarah Denise:Walt photo
Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, spoke to Rep. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, on the House floor after Marcelle and three other Legislative Black Caucus members voted against Leger’s tax bill Friday. (Sarah Gamard/LSU Manship School News Service)

Bossier Press-Tribune | March 3, 2018

Story written with Sarah Gamard. The article details tensions in the Louisiana House after hours-long budget negotiations fell through and the legislative special session threatened to end without a solution to the state’s $1 billion budget shortfall.