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‘LaPolitics’: A Q&A with NFIB’s Leah Long on what’s impacting Louisiana businesses

LaPolitics: What were you doing before you joined NFIB, and what is your new role with the business organization? Leah Long, state director of National...

‘LaPolitics’: Will constitutional chatter dominate legislative workflow?

Larry Bagley was a young teacher fresh out of college in 1972, when Louisiana was preparing to hold the constitutional convention that produced our...

‘Lapolitics’: Will constitutional chatter dominate workflow?

Larry Bagley was a young teacher fresh out of college in 1972, when Louisiana was preparing to hold the constitutional convention that produced our...

‘LaPolitics’: Turnout estimates differ for presidential primary

The Secretary of State’s Office is expecting turnout of between 20% and 25% for Saturday’s presidential preference primary election—the first of 2024. As for...

‘LaPolitics’: Weed wars slated for regular session

Should Louisiana universities continue to play a state-sanctioned role in the marijuana industry? More importantly, what has been the return on investment so far...

‘LaPolitics’: Cassidy makes a staffing suggestion

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy took to the Senate floor this week and urged his colleagues to step up on flood insurance while reminding them...

‘LaPolitics’: Will voters care about Louisiana’s March ballot?

The date of the March 23 ballot may very well match the turnout, with the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office forecasting voter engagement somewhere...

Here’s the latest on the lawsuit seeking to overturn Louisiana’s new congressional map

Editor's Note: Plaintiff Rolfe McCollister is an opinion columnist for Business Report. A hearing has been set for April 8 and 9 on a federal...

Proposed Louisiana public defender overhaul seen by critics as a power grab

A proposal to move Louisiana’s public defender system under the governor’s direct control has alarmed attorneys, local defense attorneys and retired judges. 

Louisiana’s crime-focused special legislative session begins

Under new conservative leadership, Louisiana's GOP-dominated Legislature gathers today for a special legislative session that could reshape the state's criminal justice system and the public safety sector.

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

LaPolitics: You are part of this year’s inductees into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame. What does that mean to you? Jim Engster,...

Here’s who wants to intervene in a challenge to the state’s congressional maps

The group of a dozen plaintiffs suing Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry over the state’s new congressional district map is pushing back against requests to intervene in the case. 

How advocates are working to combat deepfakes in Louisiana’s elections 

The introduction of deepfakes—highly realistic video and audio content made through artificial intelligence—in local and federal elections alike has opened a pandora’s box that will be difficult, if not impossible, to close, USA Today Network reports.  

Landry steers more money to crime-fighting 

Gov. Jeff Landry inherited a mixed financial picture when he stepped into the job last month—and he had limited time to put together his...

What to know about Gov. Jeff Landry’s first budget proposal 

Gov. Jeff Landry wants to drive a lot of the state’s extra funding into public safety agencies like the prison system, state police and...

Black voters want latest congressional map lawsuit moved to a different court

The federal redistricting lawsuit both sides hoped to settle when the Louisiana Legislature drew a new congressional map last month saw a new motion filed this week that could keep the case open for some time. 

Lawmakers must decide whether to roll back Louisiana’s sales tax  

Louisiana residents pay the highest average sales tax rate in the country at nearly 10%, according to the latest Tax Foundation rankings released this week.

Gov. Landry has made no changes to Edwards’ state worker parental leave policy

Gov. Jeff Landry hasn’t changed the parental leave policy for state workers put in place by former Gov. John Bel Edwards at the beginning of the year, the governor’s office confirmed Tuesday. 

Biden’s natural gas export pause continues to face debate 

Members of a U.S. House panel on climate and energy issues split along party lines Tuesday about the Biden administration’s recent move to pause...
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‘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. Jeff Landry issued an executive order directing department heads to...