Despite pleas to hold a hearing before the regular session ends, a judge appears prepared to wait until August to address a lawsuit that questions the employment status of Education Superintendent John White ...
Louisiana's Republican Party leaders are urging state lawmakers to reject a gas tax hike ahead of Wednesday's scheduled vote on the measure and have chastised GOP legislators who voted for the proposal ...
New Orleans businessman John Georges is now — again — a Republican. That has state GOP leaders talking and speculating ...
Rep. Kenny Havard, R-St. Francisville, said his HB 648 was incomplete as drafted and that the amendments he needed to get the legislation into the right posture were still being put together ...
Early voting totals indicate a slightly higher turnout across the district for the Court of Appeal runoff, but interest in Lafayette's school board sales tax is magnifying the parish's influence in the election ...
Should the Legislature unlock the state’s dedicated funds to free up more money for the budget? ...
Diez comes to LABI from his most recent position as the deputy campaign director for David Vitter’s 2015 gubernatorial campaign ...
It’s time to face the truth we have long avoided: Louisiana cannot tax, spend and mandate its way to prosperity ...
Freshman senator now sits on committee set to hear major reforms of the state’s tax structure ...
Some industry players are looking into ways to enhance Louisiana’s film tax credit program and possibly introduce a new reform ...
While the members of this diverse group of Acadiana women can’t all say they were firsts, each of them has contributed to our community in ways too countless to capture in 500-word profiles ...