Category Archives: Politics & Government
Bill to protect renters from eviction after a hurricane heads to the House
After Hurricane Ida, many tenants were evicted in a matter of days and given few options to remove possessions after they evacuated. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry's bill will give lessees a...
Mar 29, 2022 New Orleans Rep. Mandi Landry (L) and Ben Toups (R) appear before House Civil Law and Procedure March 29, 2022.
A bill to give adoptees born in Louisiana access to their original birth certificate passes in the House
The Louisiana House approves House Bill 450 which gives an adoptee access to their birth certificate once they reach the age of 24. Rosepine Representative Charles Owen, who's adopted himself, said ad...
Mar 29, 2022
Senate Finance questions State Civil Service director about significant pay raises among himself and two others
After Baton Rouge TV station WBRZ reported three State Civil Service employees received significant pay raises in a span of a few years, the leader of the division appeared before Senate Finance to an...
Mar 28, 2022 Byron Decoteau, Louisiana State Civil Service Director
Another veto override session is coming
State lawmakers will hold a veto session as there will be an effort to override the governor's veto of the Congressional District map approved in the redistricting session. House Speaker Clay Schexnay...
Mar 28, 2022 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
LWC reports historic employment gains in February
Louisiana is getting back to work, so says data released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Adjusted nonfarm employment figures are at their highest in two years, and this past February the state ...
Mar 25, 2022
Bill to make killing your own child eligible for the death penalty in Louisiana heads to the House floor
Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Carpenter wants parents convicted of killing their minor children to be added to the list of first-degree murder thus making them eligible for the death penalty. "Ov...
Mar 25, 2022 Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Carpenter
Lawmakers discuss making vaccine discrimination a crime
A proposal to make it a crime to deny someone entrance into a building based on their vaccination status received a hearing today in a House committee, but even Republican lawmakers who oppose vaccine...
Mar 24, 2022 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
Legislation to attract wind energy development off of Louisiana's coast heads to the House floor
Legislation that would make state waters more attractive to companies interested in developing wind energy projects off of the state's coastline is headed to the House floor. Houma Representative Jero...
Mar 24, 2022 U.S. Department of Energy
Governor's tornado emergency declaration covers St. Bernard and three other parishes
Governor John Bel Edwards declares a state of emergency for four southeast Louisiana parishes affected by Tuesday's tornadoes. Edwards spoke with the media after surveying the damage in Arabi. The gov...
Mar 24, 2022
A bill to create an authority to oversee named storm insurance fraud advances from committee
A bill to create a board entitled the Louisiana Named Storm Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority passes in House Insurance on a seven to five vote. Bill author, Alexandria Representative Ed Larvadain ...
Mar 23, 2022 Hurricane Ida 2021.
