A federal judge in Louisiana heard arguments on Tuesday challenging a mail-order abortion drug rule, finalized in 2023 by President Joe Biden’s Food and Drug Administration.
State Rep. Royce Duplesis, D-New Orleans, believes get-tough crime legislation may have to be scaled back to slow the growth in spending on state prisons.
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BATON ROUGE – In 2016, Louisiana faced a $2 billion budget gap, and lawmakers decided they could no longer afford to lock so many people up.
Some old-timers remember when chicken wire was strung in front of bandstands in some of the Cajun dance halls. It wasn’t to keep the bands in.
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Jan Moller, executive director of Invest in Louisiana, warned that the state could face budget shortfalls starting next year.
BATON ROUGE – Federal and state budgeting policies could force Louisiana into structural budget shortfalls approaching $300 million in fiscal 2027 and more than $1 billion by 2029, the director of
The full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it was premature to determine if a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms is constitutional.
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