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Louisiana’s February special session on redistricting will see lawmakers trying to protect themselves andother incumbents, angling for more partisan power and deciding whether to expand the number ofelected positions available to minority groups.
Louisiana lawmakers are planning a three-week February special session to redraw the state’s majorpolitical district maps, a once-a-decade effort to account for population changes as reflected in the latest U.S. Census data.
Louisiana lawmakers are using the state’s budget boom to pay off much of a $1.1 billion multiyear debt owed to the federal government for flood protection system improvements constructed across the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina.
Three weeks into the Louisiana Legislature’s nine-week session, much progress has been made moving tax reform bills and addressing how to disburse massive federal stimulus dollars.
If money talks, the Louisiana Legislature’s 2021 session may be the most loquacious ever. Rising state revenue combined with eye-blinking billions of federal stimulus dollars – plus major tax reform proposals – will drive decisions impacting the state and its citizens for many years to come.
The Attorney General’s threat to sunshine law tempts all agencies to foil citizen access.
Federal largesse and leadership cooperation got the new Legislature through its first budget crisis. Now on to the next one.