Committee Digs Foster Thoughts
Baton Rouge reports that new interim legislative committees aim to deliver serious public affairs thinking. Members are paid $50 daily. despite costs, lawmakers say the groups can yield valuable work after two years of dealing with public problems since 1956.
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Louisiana State University
Rainach
Louisiana
New Orleans
Bertrand
House
Senate
McCullough
Ses
Sion
Louisiana Legislative Council
Louisiana Legislature Expands Committees and Probes
The Louisiana Legislature debates new study groups including a six member panel drafting two year later laws on sexual crime penalties, a nine member two year probe of the free school lunch program, and a ten member Little Hoover Commission for streamlined government. Other efforts examine retirement systems and university influence, while interim committees seek budget relief and tax load solutions.
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Senate
House
Earl Long
John Rau
Long
Shelby M. Jackson
Algie D. Brown
J. D. DeBlieux
Sen. DeBlieux
Little Hoover Commission
J. Marshall Brown
Brown
DeBlieux
Lester Vetter
Sevenman
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