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Chip Kline resigning from role as CPRA chair 

Chip Kline, state director of coastal activities and chair of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, is resigning from his position, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today. 

Saying the state is overrun with alligators, Louisiana lawmaker calls for action

A Louisiana lawmaker wants to explore expanding the hunting limits and season for alligators, which have exploded in population over the past 50 years.

Push to raise Louisiana’s minimum wage hanging by a thread 

Louisiana's lowest-paid workers could get a raise under a bill that remained alive during a Memorial Day hearing in the Legislature, though it faces...

Bill would require insurers to cover fertility preservation for cancer patients 

At a time when an increasing number of insurance providers across the country are covering fertility treatments, Louisiana lawmakers could soon require private health insurance plans to cover fertility preservation for people undergoing medical treatments for cancer.
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Alford: Opposing sides dig in as session winds down

A conservative-leaning coalition has doubled down on its request to lawmakers that they stay under the state spending cap while advancing a plan to...

Louisiana legislators reach tentative budget deal to give teachers $2,000 raise

Louisiana lawmakers have reached a tentative agreement to give public school teachers and other school staff a $2,000 and $1,000 annual raise respectively, legislators across the political spectrum confirmed this week.

U.S. Supreme Court limits federal authority over wetlands

The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, expanding the ability of farmers, homebuilders and other developers to dig up or fill wetlands near rivers, lakes and streams. 

‘LaPolitics’: Graves gaining national attention for his role in debt ceiling talks

Who is Garret Graves? That may be an odd question to ask in Louisiana, where Graves represents Baton Rouge and the coast in Congress. Elsewhere around the country, however, it’s a good question.

State’s corporate franchise and inventory taxes remain on chopping block

Legislation related to the franchise tax, inventory tax and corporate rebate and exemption programs are advancing in the Louisiana Legislature in an effort to...

Louisiana construction projects, teacher pay raises hinge on spending cap battle 

Louisiana teacher raises along with various construction projects hinge on state lawmaker budget negotiations. 

LSU, Mayor Broome urge creation of campus cultural district

LSU officials and Mayor Sharon Weston Broome are urging creation of a Louisiana Cultural District that encompasses the university’s flagship campus. 

Metro Council to consider seeking cultural district tax breaks for LSU area

The Metro Council will consider asking state officials to designate an LSU Cultural District. 

PAR: Lawmakers must be cautious in spending extra cash  

Louisiana’s treasury remains flush from better-than-expected corporate, personal income, sales and severance tax collections.

Corporate franchise tax phase-out moves forward in Legislature 

Legislation to phase out Louisiana’s corporate franchise tax moved closer to reality on Monday with approval from the House Ways and Means Committee.

State offices continue to spar over use of historic NOLA building

The office that oversees state museums does not ensure that an apartment it controls in a historic New Orleans building is being used only...

Alford: State budget negotiation becomes a timing issue

There’s the math inside the state budget, and then there’s the math to pass the state budget. 
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Business, good-government groups renew push for a Louisiana ‘reset’

Three of Louisiana’s most prominent nonpartisan policy groups have unveiled a slate of briefings and recommendations that they hope will help guide and inform this year’s state elections. 

Louisiana film association OK with incentive bill, with one exception

Legislation that would renew the incentive program that subsidizes Louisiana’s film sector easily cleared the state House of Representatives and awaits a vote in the Senate. 

Employee medical marijuana use protected in advancing proposal 

The House Labor Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would protect employees who use medical marijuana from being disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits. 

‘LaPolitics’: Advertising ramps up in governor’s race

—Stephen Waguespack, the former president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, released his first television ad this week as a candidate for...