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In the Louisiana House, she served on three committees: Health and Welfare, Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. In the legislature, Katz was considered one of the more consistent [[conservative]] members in a Republican Party increasingly led by a coalition of Democrats and [[Moderate Republicans] known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]]]. After 2004, Katz was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana Family Forum. She was also highly ranked by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
In the Louisiana House, she served on three committees: Health and Welfare, Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. In the legislature, Katz was considered one of the more consistent [[conservative]] members in a Republican Party increasingly led by a coalition of Democrats and [[Moderate Republicans] known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]]]. After 2004, Katz was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana Family Forum. She was also highly ranked by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Katz was married to Ben Sanders Katz, Jr. (March 3, 1938 – January 13, 2010), until his death at the age of seventy-one from complications of [[pneumonia]]. Ben Katz, a native of Starkville, Mississippi, was the son of Ben Katz, Sr., and the former Mildred Stanley. He graduated from Starkville High School and Mississippi State University. He was a senior vice president of Amax Coal Company and president of Deposit Trust Bank. Ben Katz served on the boards of the Council on Aging, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, Monroe Rotary Club, and the Council of Retired Executives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/, aadclassifieds?Dato=20100115&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100100182&Selected=1|title=Obituary of Ben Sanders Katz|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|date=January 15, 2010|accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>
Katz was married to Ben Sanders Katz, Jr. (March 3, 1938 – January 13, 2010), until his death at the age of seventy-one from complications of [[pneumonia]]. Ben Katz, a native of Starkville, Mississippi, was the son of Ben Katz, Sr., and the former Mildred Stanley. He graduated from Starkville High School and Mississippi State University. He was a senior vice president of Amax Coal Company and president of Deposit Trust Bank. Ben Katz served on the boards of the Council on Aging, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, Monroe Rotary Club, and the Council of Retired Executives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/, aadclassifieds?Dato=20100115&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100100182&Selected=1|title=Obituary of Ben Sanders Katz|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|date=January 15, 2010|accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>
By her late husband Kay Katz has three children, Dr. Robert Britton "Brit" Katz (born 1957), Kelley Katz Vance (born 1958), and Kris Katz Coons. The Katzes are [[Presbyterian]]. At the time of his death, Ben Katz was the only Republican member of the Monroe City Council. In his third term from Council District 2, he had succeeded his wife on the council after victory in a [[special election]] called in 2000 after Kay Katz entered the legislature.<ref>Robbie Evans, "Monroe City Councilman Ben Katz dead at 71: He was elected to the council three times as a fiscal conservative", ''Monroe News-Star'', January 14, 2010.</ref>
By her late husband Kay Katz has three children, Dr. Robert Britton "Brit" Katz (born 1957), Kelley Katz Vance (born 1958), and Kris Katz Coons. The Katzes are [[Presbyterian]]. At the time of his death, Ben Katz was the only Republican member of the Monroe City Council. In his third term from Council District 2, he had succeeded his wife on the council after victory in a [[special election]] called in 2000 after Kay Katz entered the legislature.<ref>Robbie Evans, "Monroe City Councilman Ben Katz dead at 71: He was elected to the council three times as a fiscal conservative," ''Monroe News-Star,'' January 14, 2010.</ref>
In February 2012, Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Katz to a $56,000 position as a member of the Louisiana Tax Commission, which regulates ad valorem issues.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' February 20, 2012.</ref>
In February 2012, Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Katz to a $56,000 position as a member of the Louisiana Tax Commission, which regulates [[ad valorem]] matters.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' February 20, 2012.</ref>
==References==
==References==