Louisiana voters reject constitutional amendments
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The defeat of Amendment 2, a sprawling revision of the section of the constitution that deals with state taxes and budgeting, was a loss for Gov. Jeff Landry, who had stumped across the state in supp...
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Louisiana's Gov. Jeff Landry released a statement after Constitutional Amendment No. 2 failed to pass. The amendment contained multiple tax changes and pay raises for teachers.
"This is not the end for us, and we will continue to fight to make the generational changes for Louisiana to succeed," Landry said in a statement.
A campaign effort named "No to The All, Ya'll" issued a statement saying that the result was "a resounding message that the agenda behind these amendments never had a mandate and that voters are sick of being lied to.
Governor Jeff Landry has been buzzing around the state promoting these four changes, so I had him on to give him a chance to unpack these issues for our listeners. (See more on WWL)
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Audacy on MSNVoters reject Governor Landry's constitutional amendmentsAll four amendments failed by a nearly 60-40 margin. The highest profile of the amendments, Amendment 2, which would have rewritten the tax-and-spend section of the Louisiana Constitution, died when 62 percent of voters said “no.
Gov. Jeff Landry brought his case for Amendment 2 to Baton Rouge Wednesday with a wide-ranging speech to the rotary club.
Gov. Jeff Landry is crisscrossing Louisiana, running an advertising campaign and appearing on talk radio shows to get voters to approve the next big item on his agenda: a tax overhaul on the March 29 statewide ballot known as Amendment 2.
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