Category Archives: Politics & Government
Medical marijuana regulatory change could shift from Ag Department to LDH
A House committee advances legislation that would move regulatory power of the state's medical marijuana program out of the Ag Department and into the Department of Health. Making the product availabl...
May 07, 2019 Mark / CC
President Trump to visit Cameron Parish May 14
President Trump is scheduled to visit Louisiana next Tuesday. Trump will highlight job growth of the energy sector in Cameron Parish and tour Sempra's Cameron LNG Export Facility, a shipping facility ...
May 07, 2019 Matt Johnson / CC
Contentious debate stalls bill allowing minors to work longer hours without a break
A bill that would up the amount of time a minor has to work before getting a break from five hours to eight hours has stalled in the House after a heated argument on the lower chamber floor. Tensions ...
May 07, 2019 Stuart Seeger / CC
House Republican budget proposes $1,200 teacher pay raise and no additional dollars for public schools
The House Appropriations Committee approves a 30-billion dollar budget for next fiscal year that contains funding for a teacher pay raise that's more than the governor's proposed one-thousand dollar p...
May 06, 2019 Tax Credits / CC
Lawmakers debate pumping hundreds of millions into the Dome
The Superdome is hoping to complete a 450 million dollar renovation before the 2024 Superbowl, but questions abound about who is going to pay for it, and that sparked an animated discussion in Senate ...
May 06, 2019 Phil Roeder / CC
Fiscal Session nearly halfway over
Governor Edwards is seeking 39 million dollars in new K-12 education funding, but House Republicans say the money is not there to do it. Political Analyst Clancy DuBos says another battle is shaping u...
May 06, 2019
House to hear bill that would allow minors to work eight hours without a break
The House will hear a bill today that would allow minors to work eight hours without a break instead of the current five. The House Labor committee has already unanimously approved the measure. Author...
May 06, 2019
Senator Kennedy and AG Landry team up to get more conservatives elected to the legislature
U-S Senator John Kennedy is teaming up with Attorney General Jeff Landry to lead the Louisiana Committee for a Conservative Majority, a political action committee. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat sa...
May 04, 2019 Sen John Kennedy (R)
Veteran reporter believes Advocate/Times Picayune merger is a good thing for readers
New Orleans' historic newspaper, The Times Picayune has been purchased by their Baton Rouge based rival, The Advocate. Manship School Professor Len Apcar, a 40 years veteran journalist who's worked at...
May 03, 2019 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
LA Wallet app's $5.99 fee waived, but only for a limited time
The LA Wallet app, which allows Louisiana drivers to present their license on their smartphone, is now free, but only until the end of May. The app normally requires a $5.99 fee to activate a license....
May 03, 2019
