Category Archives: Politics & Government
Rep. Ray Garofalo bill requiring insurers to give discounts to property owners heads to the House floor
Legislation requiring homeowner insurance companies to provide discounts or credits on their premiums to property owners who fortify their roofs to building code standards was approved by the House In...
Apr 21, 2023 Rep. Ray Garofalo
House committee advances bill to make simple burglary a "crime of violence"
At the Capitol, a House bill to make simple burglary a violent crime in Louisiana clears its first legislative hurdle. The bill comes from republican Kenner Representative Debbie Villio, who tells the...
Apr 20, 2023 Kyle MacDonald / CC
Legislation to keep song lyrics out of court cases advances
Legislation to keep nonspecific murder ballad lyrics from being submitted as evidence in a criminal trial advances from House Criminal Justice. Houma Representative and attorney, Tanner Magee wants to...
Apr 20, 2023 Markus Spiske / Unsplash
Bill to increase safety from surgical smoke plumes in healthcare facilities advances
A bill to make operating rooms safer advances from Senate Health and Welfare. Bill author, Lafayette Senator Gerald Boudreaux said heat-producing equipment used in surgeries can create a smoke plume t...
Apr 20, 2023 NIH History Office
Ask the Governor April 2023
If you missed this month's edition of Ask the Governor, you can click here. Jim Engster and Governor John Bel Edwards discussed a variety of subjects, including LDWF Secretary Jack Montoucet, the gove...
Apr 19, 2023
Bill would keep rapists from having parental rights if child is conceived
Legislation to terminate the parental rights of the violator if a child is conceived as a result of sexual assault is before the legislature. Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response (STAR) President Morg...
Apr 19, 2023 Photo by Brooke Thorington
Bill to allow mothers to recoup pregnancy-related expenses from father advances to the House floorHouse
Legislation to require fathers to pay for half of the out-of-pocket pregnancy-related medical expenses advances to the House floor. Bill author, Abita Springs Representative Larry Frieman said it's cr...
Apr 19, 2023 Mateus Campos Felipe / Unsplash
Camp Beauregard to receive new name
Camp Beauregard will be officially renamed as the Louisiana National Guard Training Center in Pineville later this year. Lt. Col Noel Collins said through the guidance of the training installation was...
Apr 19, 2023
Bill to require age verification for social media use advances to the Senate
Legislation to require social media companies to verify a user's age advances from a Senate committee. Covington Senator Patrick McMath's bill would restrict a minor's use unless there's parental cons...
Apr 18, 2023 Mads Bødker / CC
Senate committee approves harsher penalties for those convicted of producing fentanyl
The Senate Judiciary C Committee approves legislation that increases the penalties for individuals convicted of producing drugs containing fentanyl. Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt says the current pena...
Apr 18, 2023
