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Lawmakers are heading back to the Capitol with wide latitude for this regular legislative sessionas they are free to propose an unlimited number of bills on statewide and local issues, excludingmost tax-related measures.
Across its first three years, more than 10,500 people in Louisiana have received aid through the state-financed M.J. Foster Promise Program to help them access workforce education and training aimed at getting residents into high-demand, high-wage jobs. Â
The latest federal government shutdown drew attention to the large numbers of people in Louisiana, particularly children, who depend on the federal food stamp program for assistance.
According to the most recent data available from the state ethics administration office, one in every eight complaints submitted to the Board of Ethics over a four-year period led to charges, fines or caution letters.Â
Empty hallways and quiet classrooms are increasingly common in Louisiana’s K-12 public schools. Not only is enrollment dropping, but attendance remains below the pre-COVID-19 pandemic average, leaving officials to direct efforts toward increasing the attendance of enrolled students.
Louisiana has enrolled an average of 3,200 students over the last decade in its six public schools that train new doctors, lawyers, dentists and pharmacists.
Louisiana Medicaid enrollment has fallen to pre-pandemic levels after more than 400,000 people were removed from the taxpayer financed health insurance program over the last two years. A congressional aid package passed during the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited states that accepted increased federal financing for Medicaid from removing people from the rolls, even if they were […]