Politics

Gov. John Bel Edwards declined Wednesday to share his personal views on a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe vs. Wade.

While nothing officially changes until the Supreme Court delivers its decision, advocates on both sides of the issue are preparing for an end to legal abortion.

Louisiana’s version of Florida’s so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law was rejected by lawmakers in the state’s House Education Committee on Tuesday afternoon.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia have bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth, a practice the American Academy of Pediatrics considers ineffective and inhumane. But Wednesday, a state House committee rejected legislation attempting to add Louisiana to that list.

The Gulf States Newsroom’s Brittany Brown details the Department of Justice’s scathing report on the Mississippi State Penitentiary, and what comes next.

Cedric Richmond, a former U.S. congressman who left his post representing New Orleans to join President Joe Biden’s administration, is leaving the White House after only 15 months in his role, according to reports Monday.

Today, the state House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to advance a package of spending bills, including the operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. But the House version of the bill has drawn some criticism from Gov. John Bel Edwards.

While a majority of Louisiana residents are confident in the elections in the state, trust in local news organizations has plummeted, according to a new survey.

Louisiana’s medical marijuana program has seen a huge increase in demand. In recent years, state lawmakers removed some of the tight restrictions on who qualifies for the drug and who can prescribe it, but tight limitations on the number of growers and pharmacies that sell the drug, and a complex regulatory structure, have led to frustrating supply chain issues for patients.Lawmakers took aim at some of those systems with legislation considered by the House Health and Welfare Committee Monday.

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a slew of state spending bills Monday that would set the operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year and appropriate the unprecedented $2 billion in excess state dollars lawmakers have to work with.As Paul Braun reports, today’s action underscores differences in Gov. John Bel Edwards’ and state legislative leaders’ priorities of how the money should be spent on infrastructure projects, education and other state programs.