Some bills approved by both chambers in the regular session of the Legislature that ended last week have been signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards with a major ceremony set for signing of the Justice Reinvestment bills on Wednesday afternoon ...
After a wild end to the regular session, the Legislature entered its fifth special session in two years on Thursday evening. The House and Senate quickly adjourned, leaving the contentious work on the state's budget, finance and construction budgets for ...
Speaker Taylor Barras and House Appropriations chair Cameron Henry combined to block Rep. Walt Leger's attempt to force a vote on the Senate version of HB1 in the final hour of the regular session on Thursday afternoon ...
A budget compromise offered on Thursday morning by Speaker Taylor Barras to Senate leaders offers hope for a budget agreement but it remains to be seen as to whether Barras can deliver the votes in his chamber to get the deal done ...
SB16 provides a pathway to possible parole for all juveniles who were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole and will allow state prosecutors to continue to pursue life sentences for juveniles charge with first degree murder ...
With no progress reported on budget negotiations between the chambers, House and Senate members worked through bills and resolutions on their respective agendas on the penultimate day of the 2017 Regular Session ...
The House's opening gambit in budget negotiations with the Senate reveals that the GOP Caucus, which imposed its will on the House, is trying to do the same to the Senate. The Senate, though, was nearly unanimous in its rejection of the House version ...
With just over 48 hours remaining in the 2017 regular session, the focus of the session — the state budget — remains unclear as Democrats and the hard-right House Republican Caucus jockey for position on one side and the Senate remains firm on the ...
A Senate resolution could set in motion a long-discussed separation of Lafayette, Vermilion and Acadia parishes into free-standing judicial districts ...
Bills to reduce the state's dependence on jail as the primary means of punishing non-violent offenders are heading to the governor's desk to become law ...
A budget that counts on private investment could count out completing the Connector any time soon ...
Drago's set to take over the location in August ...
We need to face up to how the “new New Orleans,” so celebrated by the Mayor and the self-anointed civic elite, in fact amounts to a hostile assault on African-American families and the working poor ...
Six candidates vie for permanent job; no timeline released for selection process ...
