Senate seeks to limit eleventh-hour pay hikes from governors

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's state senators are taking aim at last-minute pay raises by exiting governors.
    
The Senate voted 36-0 Monday for a proposal that would require lawmakers on the joint House and Senate budget committee to sign off on certain state worker pay raises between a gubernatorial election and the governor's inauguration day.
    
New Orleans Sen. Wesley Bishop's bill would cover the raises given to political appointees call