Jeff Landry

Residents who live near where SpaceX’s rockets will be launched say they were kept in the dark about the project.

Guard members were only supposed to stay through February, but that was later extended to August.

Calvin Duncan, who was elected to New Orleans’ clerk of criminal court position, has resumed his federal lawsuit against state officials and the law that abolished his position.

Records show Landry personally executed a "Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement" in April 2024 with Laidley LLC, the data center subsidiary of Meta Platforms.

Legal experts warn that the NDAs could create a culture of fear and chill employees’ constitutionally protected speech.

The judge’s 11-day restraining order forbids Landry from using the money and from continuing to collect ballots from lawmakers who previously had until Tuesday to vote on the order.

The Louisiana Department of Education estimates the stipends will cost school systems anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in funding, depending on the number of employees.

Rather than add money to the budget, like in recent years, the governor is asking lawmakers to cut $168 million from schools’ budgets.

Louisiana legislators passed two out of three bills aimed at reforming the Orleans Parish court system as the 2026 Legislative Session came to a close Monday (June 1), leaving the parish with two court systems, one clerk and potentially three fewer judges.

Similar issues that plagued early voting in Louisiana were present on election day. The state Democratic Party says the “mass confusion” amounts to “voter suppression and voter intimidation.”