BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to raise state employee retirement costs to fill budget gaps has stalled in the House amid questions about whether the bill should be considered a payroll tax hike on workers.
Republican Rep. Kirk Talbot, the sponsor of the measure, scrapped a House debate planned on the proposal for Thursday. He didn't set a date for rescheduling that debate.
"There's some controversy over whether it's a tax, and we're trying to straighten that out. I don't believe it is," said Talbot, R-River Ridge.
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