Check out April's Politics & Issues update.

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In the month of February, Baton Rouge’s riverboat casinos saw a decline of a whopping 19% in revenue. This makes the 18^th straight month in losses for Baton Rouge’s three major casinos.

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• Discussing issues with State Representative Greg Miller Discussing issues with State Representative Greg Miller
• Discussing issues with State Representative Greg Miller Discussing issues with State Representative Greg Miller
• Meeting with State representative Robert Johnson and Jennifer Dubey Meeting with State representative Robert Johnson and Jennifer Dubey
• Attending fundraising event with state officials Commissioner of Insurance Nick Larusso State representative Franklin Foil Attending fundraising event with state officials Commissioner of Insurance Nick Larusso State representative Franklin Foil
• State representative Paula Davis State representative Paula Davis
• US Congressman Garret Graves US Congressman Garret Graves
• Breakfast this morning with State Representative Ed Larvadain Breakfast this morning with State Representative Ed Larvadain
• Attending political function with State Representative Sam Jenkins Attending political function with State Representative Sam Jenkins
• State representative Stephen Dwight State representative Stephen Dwight
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The 2018 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature ended on Friday, May 18.  Governor Edwards and the Legislative Leadership agreed to end the session two weeks early.  This early ending is part of an effort to deal with the state’s budget shortfall.  The Governor has called for a special session beginning on May 22nd and ending on June 4th (the original ending date for the Regular Session).  This special session was necessary as our constitution does not allow for the consideration of revenue measures in regular sessions in even numbered years.  

After a rather quick start on some gaming bills the Louisiana Legislature has slowed down all gambling legislation quite a bit. Here is a quick update:

Bill to allow Riverboats to go on land and change from square footage passed a Senate Committee but has been stuck on the Senate Floor Calendar for nearly 4 weeks because the votes are not there to pass the bill. Sen. Ronnie Johns is the author of the bill and may finally try to pass it this week. He is running out of time as the bill still has to go to the House Committee and the Full House.

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