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The Advocate Legislative Coverage for May 1, 2013

Wednesday at the Legislature

House rejects amendment crucial to getting budget approved

Safe Haven bill advances

Mardi Gras event reviewed

Bill would allow special ed students to skip ACT

House committee rejects governor records bill

Gun permit secrecy bill advances

Medicaid expansion bill clears Senate committee

Smoking ban bill advances

Riding dogs bill passes House

Credit card measure falls one vote short

Bilingual signs win House approval

Saints coach visits Legislature

Bill would remove retirement age

Two panels, two bills on tuition

Rally protests Jindal stands

Bill to allow vote defeated

NOPD bill changed in committee

The Times-Picayune

Medicaid expansion bill clears La. Senate health committee

Legislative committee declines to buck Jindal on public records access

Watchdog urges lawmakers to bring N.O. firefighters' pension under local control

Louisiana House passes bill to bar unrestrained dogs in pickup trucks on interstate

House reverses $490M cut in state budget, multiple factions now in talks...

La universities one step closer to gaining tuition-setting power...

State Police troopers who tackled teens in French Quarter are let off easy...

Louisiana House passes bill stripping St. Tammany Coroner of budgetary powers

Rules for NOPD off-duty details codified under bill moving through Legislature

Lawmakers OK bills to allow some students to skip college testing

House health panel approves bill to ban smoking near state-owned buildings

BP's $340M La restoration payment draws comments from environmental groups...

State allocates BP oil leak funding

Louisiana 'shattered' tourism records in 2012, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne says

Opinion/Editorials

Our Views: Pork barrel dollars scarce

Lawmakers are OK with guns everywhere but the Capitol: James Gill

Should gun owners be able to carry weapons into restaurants that serve alcohol?

Letter: Gun control laws are collectivist

Letter: Participation beats nothing for La. kids