Politics

Louisiana travelers are still stuck in the nationwide passport backlog, USA Today Network reports, but there may be hope soon in the form of...

Louisiana legislators questioned Tuesday whether the state needs to devote more money to fight elder abuse after an investigation showed the Governor’s Office of Elderly Affairs has not adequately responded to reports of mistreatment and neglect.  

Due to unexpected resignations, term limits and lawmakers seeking other offices, turnover in the Louisiana Legislature could reach as high as 33% heading into...

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council this week will consider endorsing a funding request for the $82 million Bayou Manchac Flood Reduction Plan.

As Louisiana gets closer to the possibility of adding a second majority Black congressional district following a recent Supreme Court ruling, speculation about who...

LaPolitics: What should legislative incumbents be worried about as their reelection bids begin in earnest? 

While recent legislation might eventually make it easier for Louisiana businesses to remit sales taxes, it doesn’t achieve advocates’ longtime goal of centralizing state sales tax collection. 

Chauna Banks, who sits on East Baton Rouge Parish’s Metro Council and Planning Commission, says cities within the parish are slowing development in nearby unincorporated areas.

Candidates for Louisiana governor filed their campaign finance disclosures for a three-month period starting in early April, and they show Attorney General Jeff Landry...

The three Republican judges who unanimously ruled against the incorporation of St. George are guilty of “judicial overreach,” a GOP state representative says. 

Lawmakers will return to Baton Rouge today for another veto override session—the third in as many years. At one time considered rare, this political exercise has become almost commonplace during this current term of state government.  

The East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission is adding an extra meeting to its calendar next month to hear a status report on its planned five-year update to the city-parish’s comprehensive master plan, FuturEBR. 

More than two-thirds of Louisiana’s legislators opted into a veto override session Thursday that is expected to focus on LGBTQ+ bills rejected by Gov. John Bel Edwards following the regular session.

The leadership of the state Senate and House of Representatives confirmed this morning that lawmakers will return to Baton Rouge on Tuesday, July 18, for a veto override session—the third in as many years.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed legislation to create a state chief resilience officer, a position within the governor’s office that will coordinate policy response to environmental hazards and threats to the state. 

Much of what was accomplished, or not, during the legislative session has been overshadowed by the mayhem of its final hours.

Between the threat of additional sessions this summer and reelection campaigns in the fall, there will be no shortage of political action in Louisiana’s Capitol as the Legislature and Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration move through the final year of this term of state government. 

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ decision to veto legislation banning medical treatments for transgender youth is pushing state lawmakers to return for an override session next week, but bills concerning the state budget, criminal sentencing and taxes are also expected to come up for a vote. 

Louisiana Republicans have not given up defending the state’s current congressional map, but recent Supreme Court decisions mean they may have to accept a second majority-minority district in the state. 

LSU’s plans to upgrade the Pete Maravich Assembly Center will get started with significantly less funding than anticipated after money was improperly appropriated for the project. But just how the inappropriate expense got in the state budget remains a mystery.