Jeremy Alford covers the best (and the worst) in Louisiana politics and government through a Tuesday opinion column and a news aggregation item on Fridays. When he isn't fishing or managing his emotions during another New Orleans Pelicans season, he serves as the managing editor of LaPolitics Weekly, The Tracker and Beltway Beat. He is the author of “The Last Constitution” and co-authored “Long Shot: A Soldier, a Senator, a Serious Sin, an Epic Louisiana Election” and “The Party Is Over: The New Louisiana Politics.” His work has received support from the Pulitzer Prizes, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Center for Public Broadcasting.

‘LaPolitics’: Income tax elimination appears daunting

With the Legislature eyeing a fiscal session in the spring of 2025, Revenue Secretary...

‘LaPolitics’: The criminal justice policy reversal is underway  

Gov. Jeff Landry opened his special session on crime with an attack on the 2017 bipartisan criminal justice overhaul, before acknowledging the parents of a murder victim who were in the chamber.

‘LaPolitics’: Jim Engster addresses his own role in politics

LaPolitics: You are part of this year’s inductees into the Louisiana Political Museum and...

‘LaPolitics’: Signs point to a smaller state government footprint under Landry

As his administration was working on the next big budget proposal last month, Gov....

‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana’s new House speaker won’t carry his own bills

LaPolitics: I know you have another special session to tackle, but what’s going to...

‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana’s new congressional map means the emergence of new politics

State Sen. Cleo Fields of Baton Rouge broke what may have been the least...

‘LaPolitics’: What to know about the new Senate Finance Committee chair

Some might tell you Sen. Glen Womack, a businessman from Catahoula Parish, earned a...

In the Louisiana Legislature, sessions beget sessions

Between now and the regular session that begins in March, Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to recall lawmakers to Baton Rouge to focus on crime. Organizers were originally targeting Feb. 19 through March 6 for the policymaking gathering.

‘LaPolitics’: Constitutional chatter continues

Treasurer John Fleming has tapped Woody Jenkins to head up external affairs in the state treasury. 

‘LaPolitics’: Questions mount about the future of economic development

Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has named Anne Villa as the interim secretary of Louisiana Economic...
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