Category Archives: Politics & Government
Governor Edwards' position on the transgender sports ban bill has not changed
Governor John Bel Edwards' position on a bill that would ban transgender girls from competing in female sports has not changed. Edwards vetoed the legislation last year, but the Legislature is poised ...
Apr 20, 2022 DonkeyHotey / CC
A bill to remove Robert E. Lee and Confederate Memorial Days as official holidays advances to the House floor
A bill to remove Robert E. Lee and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of legal holidays in the state advances unanimously in House Judiciary. Bill Author New Orleans Representative Matthew Willard...
Apr 20, 2022 New Orleans Rep. Matthew Willard (D)
After being vetoed last year the Fairness in Women's Sports Act passes in the Senate
The Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which was vetoed last year and received opposition from transgender advocates passed in the Senate on a 29 to 6 vote Tuesday. Franklinton Republican Senator Beth Mi...
Apr 19, 2022 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
Bill to end death penalty in Louisiana fails to pass Senate committee
A bill seeking to end the death penalty in Louisiana meets defeat in a Senate committee. Monroe Democrat Senator Katrina Jackson argued for her bill before the Judiciary C panel, saying Louisiana is o...
Apr 19, 2022 League of Women Voters of California LWVC / CC
The House Health and Welfare Committee approves legislation designed to expand the state's medical marijuana program
The House Health and Welfare Committee approves legislation that would move regulation of the state's medical-marijuana program from the state's agriculture department to the Louisiana Department of H...
Apr 19, 2022 Mark / CC
Famous death penalty opponent supports Louisiana bill to end executions
A bill that would end the death penalty in Louisiana is scheduled for discussion in a Senate Judicial Committee Tuesday. Outspoken death penalty opponent and author of "Dead Man Walking", Sister Helen...
Apr 18, 2022
Bill seeking term limits for assessors passes by 7-6 margin in a House Committee
New Orleans representative Mandie Landry says that tax assessors should be held to the same standard as the state's legislators when it comes to term limits and her House Bill 288 would allow voters t...
Apr 18, 2022 Rep. Mandie Landry, District 91, New Orleans
House Appropriations approves budget bills that contains teacher pay raises, but no dedicated dollars for new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge
The House Appropriations Committee approved a spending plan today for next fiscal year that contains 15-hundred dollar pay raises for teachers and 750-dollars for support staff. Chairman Jerome Zering...
Apr 18, 2022 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
A bill to prevent minors from accessing pornography on the internet in Louisiana advances to the House floor
A bill to require pornography sites to verify one's age as a way to prevent minors from accessing their material passes in House Civil Law. Bill author, Metairie Representative, and licensed Sex Thera...
Apr 18, 2022
Bill to raise pay rates for school bus drivers to be heard in Senate Fiance
A bill to raise the compensation rate for school bus drivers will be heard in Senate Finance today. Bill author Covington Senator Patrick McMath said driver pay rates haven't changed since the 1980s a...
Apr 18, 2022 Megan Lee / Unsplash
