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La. Senate advances 5-1 Republican congressional map to House

La. Senate advances 5-1 Republican congressional map to House

Louisiana abolished 25 dormant boards; auditor flags dozens more

(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers eliminated 25 boards and commissions this year in an effort to clean up dormant pieces of state government, but a new legislative audit su...

Louisiana signs $192.6 million no-bid contract with Motorola for public safety, police technology

BATON ROUGE (Louisiana Illuminator) — Louisiana lawmakers signed off Thursday on a 10-year, no-bid contract worth $192.6 million to provide public safety equipment and te...

Louisiana lawmakers approve 10-year Motorola communications deal

(The Center Square) – Louisiana lawmakers have approved a 10-year statewide communications contract with Motorola, expanding the company’s role in the emergency radio network it al...

Gov. Landry signs executive order for taxpayer spending transparency

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order aimed at giving taxpayers better insight into how their money is being spent.The order is called the Louisiana Ta...

Louisiana Enacts New Money Transmission Act, Largely Adopting Model Money Transmission Modernization Act

Louisiana advances in federal nuclear initiative negotiations

Louisiana moves into the next phase of negotiations to participate in a federal nuclear initiative after the governor signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),...

Louisiana and Alabama map battles renew voting rights fight after 61 years

Advocates celebrated the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, even after Supreme Court rulings gutted key federal protections and threw Southern congressional maps into chaos...

Secretary of State Nancy Landry- Louisiana Purchase was the deal that built a country

Secretary of State Nancy Landry- Louisiana Purchase was the deal that built a country

Law eliminating Orleans Parish Judgeships upheld by Louisiana Supreme Court

A Supreme Court decision was made on Friday, July 31, stating that Legislature validly passed a law, eliminating seats on the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.

Louisiana expands first-degree murder law after Mall of Louisiana shooting

BATON ROUGE — A new Louisiana law is now in effect that adds changes to the state’s definition of first-degree murder.It aims to create tougher penalties for ga...

HURD: Louisiana’s Unconstitutional Election Structure for Our Judiciary

In 1986, the case of Clark v. Louisiana was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, seeking to restructure the election of judges in Louisiana to ref...

Baton Rouge-based boards made the inactive list and one says it is still getting started

BATON ROUGE — A state lawmaker says Louisiana is wasting taxpayer money on boards and commissions that are not doing their jobs, and a new report backs that up.The Legisl...

Attorney General Liz Murrill reminds Louisiana residents of new laws taking effect on Saturday

BATON ROUGE — Attorney General Liz Murrill on Friday reminded Louisiana residents of several new state laws set to take effect Aug. 1.The laws cover a range of areas incl...

New Louisiana law part of AG's fraud crackdown

A new Louisiana law is part of the attorney general's efforts to protect taxpayer dollars from fraud schemes.

Louisiana expands citizenship checks for taxpayer-funded aid

(The Center Square) – Nongovernmental organizations administering taxpayer-funded public assistance in Louisiana must now verify recipients’ citizenship or qualified immigration st...

Louisiana issues guidance on $168M teacher pay shifts

(The Center Square) – Louisiana education officials have issued long-awaited instructions explaining how school systems must handle Gov. Jeff Landry’s decision to redirect $168 mil...

Lawmakers spend $3.2M from savings account on horse racing

(The Center Square) – Louisiana lawmakers approved spending $3.2 million on horse-racing purses, breeder awards and racing operations using money that originated in one of the stat...

Qualifying period opens Wednesday for US House, local races across Capital Region

BATON ROUGE — Candidates seeking seats ranging from the U.S. House to small-town offices could begin filing for this November's election on Wednesday. A full lis...

Louisiana Governor, AG Model Fight Against Lawfare After Bogus New Orleans Indictment

Landry is mulling a special session of the legislature to look at ways lawmakers can 'take more control over the court system' in New Orleans since the city is incapable of self-go...

Gov. Landry appoints Louisiana lawmaker as DOTD multimodal commerce commissioner

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed State Rep. Mark Wright as Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's Office of Multimodal C...

How Louisiana home builders, buyers will be impacted by sweeping new federal housing law

LOUISIANA - A bipartisan federal housing law aimed at lowering home prices and increasing the housing supply is expected to have a direct impact on Louisiana's housing mar...

Louisiana law now requires NIL agents to register, train and pass background checks

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana has a new law that adds oversight for agents who represent high school and college athletes in name, image and likeness deals.Senate Bill 389 requ...

Louisiana On My Mind

During the years I was in school there, the governor of Louisiana was one Edwin Edwards, who rivalled any politician of his day in both color and flamboyance.  He served four non-c...