The race for position of speaker pro tem of the Louisiana House of Representatives could have an impact on the rest of the current legislative session, says John Maginnis. “The election for the office on the opening day of the legislative session deeply divided the House, provoked payback and hard feelings among members and exposed a fault line between the governor and the speaker that could jeopardize efforts to bridge the yawning fiscal gap that lies ahead for the state,” Maginnis says. “Overall, the election and its aftermath were more consequential than the job is.” Read the full column here.
(John Maginnis publishes LaPolitics Weekly, a newsletter on Louisiana politics, at LaPolitics.com.)
