Politics

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. 

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. 

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

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

Louisiana’s most recent plan to restore and protect its coast—at a cost of $50 billion—advanced Wednesday through the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

In an effort to gain federal approval for a natural gas storage project in south Louisiana, Sempra LNG lobbyists crafted letters for Louisiana elected officials to send to federal regulators in support of the project.

The state Senate passed a package of legislation Tuesday that would repeal Louisiana’s corporate franchise tax and offset lost tax revenue by slashing the Quality Jobs Program.

The NFIB’s state chapter has joined several other organizations in calling on the Louisiana Legislature to use the state’s budget surplus to “pass a responsible budget and provide meaningful tax relief to create more economic opportunity for Louisianians,”

The members of the coalition, some of whom met last week, are opposed to busting the state’s constitutionally created spending cap for the current fiscal year and the next. They view this tax relief plan as a responsible alternative.

Louisiana lawmakers won't raise their future pay after conceding that the optics of increasing their own salaries for part-time jobs while stripping teacher raises...

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana’s chief elections officer and a Republican, says the Republican National Committee’s plan to join the Louisiana GOP

Louisiana Senate leaders intend to push to give public school teachers a pay raise in their budget proposal, setting up a showdown with House...

There’s an incredible amount of interest in the governor’s race this year. In fact, there are already more than a dozen forums scheduled inside and outside of the state.

The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants.

In the face of immense pushback from young service industry workers, a proposed law to prohibit 18- to 20-year-olds from entering or working in...

The House of Representatives sent a proposed budget package across Memorial Hall to the Senate last week.

The incentives Louisiana provides to motion picture productions have been linked to money spent on early childhood education in the ongoing debate over the...

Spending plans crafted by Republican leaders in the Louisiana House and approved this week would trade most of the governor’s recommended education investments to instead pay down retirement debt, setting up a financial clash with senators who want a different approach.

State Rep. Thomas Pressly, R-Shreveport, blasted LSU System administrators on the House floor Thursday

This is the second party endorsement for a candidate closely aligned to former President Donald Trump.