Louisiana lawmakers could have more foreign trips covered by outside groups

Louisiana lawmakers could have more foreign trips covered by outside groups

A plane prepares to land at Newark Liberty International Airport. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)Louisiana lawmakers would be able to accept a wider range of international travel paid for by outside groups without having to disclose those trips publicly under new legislation.  The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 74-20 Wednesday for House Bill 260, sponsored by Rep. C. Travis Johnson, D-Vidalia. It would allow nonprofits, political…