Julie O'Donoghue (Louisiana Illuminator)
The Louisiana Illuminator-
The loss of revenue would worsen the state’s budget problems. -
Gov. Jeff Landry’s attorneys told a judge Tuesday that the Republican expected to reach a deal with the Louisiana Board of Ethics over ethics charges linked to a trip to Hawaii by December, but they did not provide specifics on what that agreement might look like. -
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Current state law says a “fertilized human ovum is a human being." That language could leave doctors and other IVF providers open to lawsuits or even criminal charges. -
The money was supposed to have been allocated in lieu of a permanent raise. -
Gov. Jeff Landry doesn’t want to make a public school teacher pay hike from last year permanent, frustrating teachers who have been pushing for the pay bump. -
Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing lawmakers to support a new partisan primary system for federal, state and judicial elections. -
James "Jimmy" LeBlanc previously worked for both Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, and Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal. -
Louisiana is the only state with a “jungle” primary, but just eight other states in the country — and only Florida and Kentucky in the South — have closed primaries. -
Edwards has faced a pandemic, six hurricanes, catastrophic flooding, drought, a crippling state budget shortfall, two police brutality controversies and more.
