Not a lot left in legislative session
by Mike Hasten - Shreveport Times (excerpt)

BATON ROUGE — When state lawmakers return to work today, they'll have 14 days to wrap up some of the more controversial issues in what has been described as a contentious and highly partisan session. Final adjournment is at 6 p.m. June 4.

Some of the hot topics, particularly statewide private school vouchers and weakening teacher tenure, were approved in the first two weeks, leaving retirement reform and the budget as the final controversial issues to settle.

The proposed sale or privatization of the Avoyelles Correctional Center died without a floor fight, as did a proposed merger of LSU-Shreveport and Louisiana Tech and a proposal to hike college tuition or raise fees.