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05.19.2025
Legislators Should Strengthen, Not Undermine Louisiana’s Ethics and Disclosure Laws
- Ethics
- Legislature
In a legislative session that should focus on the state’s most pressing problems, Louisiana lawmakers are pursuing a wide-ranging rewrite of the state’s ethics code that would whittle away at the minimal protections enacted to safeguard against conflicts of interest, backroom dealing and corruption.
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05.16.2025
A Tighter Budget
- Budget & Taxes
- Education & Workforce
- Legislature
The Louisiana House backed a nearly $43 billion state operating budget that keeps many agencies at a largely standstill level of financing, continues the stipend that public school teachers have received for the last two years and adds money for a new voucher program backed by the governor.
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05.08.2025
Legislative Session Trends Revisited
- Legislature
Nearing the midpoint of the Louisiana Legislature’s annual regular session, lawmakers are debating more than 900 bills, continuing the trend of fewer filed bills. The fiscal session that began April 14 is designed to focus most heavily on Louisiana’s finances.
