Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
AG Jeff Landry wants to hold Chinese government accountable for COVID-19
Attorney General Jeff Landry wants to see a probe of the Chinese government's role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Landry says it is time the House of Representatives put the same energy used in investigati...
May 11, 2020 Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R)
Governor Edwards lifts stay at home order, which will allow hair salons, nail salons, casinos and gyms to open at 25% capacity on Friday
Governor John Bel Edwards is lifting the stay at home order and that means phase one of reopening of the economy will begin on Friday and last for at least 21 days. Edwards says that means restaurants...
May 11, 2020
REC agrees upon at least a billion-dollar reduction in state spending for upcoming fiscal year
The Revenue Estimating Conference has agreed to dramatically lower the revenue forecast for the fiscal year that begins July 1st, which will mean at least a billion-dollar reduction in state spending ...
May 11, 2020 Stuart Seeger / CC
Committee approves suspending hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas industry taxes
The House Ways and Means Committee approves a resolution that would suspend severance taxes for the oil and gas industry for one year. Ways and Means Chairman Stewart Bishop, who sponsored the resolut...
May 11, 2020
Louisiana tax and fee collections drop nearly $500 million in April 2020 compared to 2019
A report from the state Department of Revenue finds that tax and fee collections for the month of April were $494 million lower than the previous April. State Treasurer John Schroder says this paints ...
May 11, 2020 John Schroder
Significant drop expected in available money for next fiscal year
The Revenue Estimating Conference meets today to discuss how much money the state will have available to spend next fiscal year and the drop off is expected to be significant. Political analyst Bernie...
May 11, 2020 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
State plans to hire up to 700 contact tracers as part of COVID mitigation plan
Governor Edwards announces plans to hire up to 700 Louisianans to expand the state's contact tracing program. The program will be calling people who tested positive for COVID-19 and asking them to det...
May 09, 2020
LSU Health Shreveport selected as a site for a new nitric oxide clinical trial on COVID patients suffering from mild to moderate cases
LSU Health Shreveport is one of five sites in the world chosen to participate in a clinical trial that will see if nitric oxide can succeessfully treat mild to moderate cases of COVID-19. Principal In...
May 08, 2020
An effort to end lawsuits filed by parishes against oil and gas companies clears first legislative hurdle
A bill is heading to the Senate floor that would prevent local governments from pursuing coastal land loss lawsuits against oil and gas companies. Abbeville Senator Bob Hensgens his legislation clarif...
May 08, 2020 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
Congressman Graves slams feds for paltry fisheries relief funding
Congressman Garret Graves calls a 15 million dollar federal relief payment for Louisiana fisheries insulting. The money came from a 300 million dollar pot established to help offset the economic impac...
May 08, 2020 (R) Congressman Garret Graves - District 6
