BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- A Louisiana special legislative session starts Thursday afternoon for lawmakers to address several election-related bills. The session is scheduled to end on Nov. 13. Lawmakers will consider six bills, four House bills and two Senate bills, related to the election code, dates, deadlines and…
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, bills aimed at diversity, equity, and inclusion, cooperation with immigration authorities, and tax cuts advance in the regular legislative session. A plan to reconnect the Mississippi River to its wetlands, build new land, and restore dying estuaries is…
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- A Louisiana bill aimed at restricting the use of foreign funding in state elections now heads to the full House after advancing in committee. House Bill 590, authored by Rep. Annie Spell (R-Lafayette), is part of a package of voter protection bills publicly backed…