Legislative Compensation
Part 1 of a four-part series addressing public employee compensation in Louisiana.
Resource Category: Legislature
2023 Legislative Session: Breaching the Cap
Louisiana lawmakers wrapped up their work in a contentious regular session with a chaotic, last-minute flurry of votes on a budget plan that charted spending for the next year, divvied up $2.2 billion in short-term cash and completed the only must-do item for legislators.
Legislative Session Trends
In even-numbered years, the regular session is longer. Lawmakers are allowed to file an unlimited number of bills about general state issues but can’t debate most tax issues.
Mapping the Future: Session Collapse
Surprising few, Louisiana’s latest redistricting session turned out to be a flop, more a tense reminder ofthe polarizing and partisan nature of the mapping work than a good-faith effort to comply with a federaljudge’s order requiring new congressional boundary lines. Most legislators seemed to be engaged intheater, performing for judges or their constituents, rather than […]
2022 Legislative Session: Focus on Finances
Louisiana lawmakers completed a three-month regular session more likely to be remembered for the post-pandemic spending spree, record-setting education increases and significant infrastructure investments than for sweeping policy changes.
Mapping the Future: Veto Override
Louisiana lawmakers have overturned Gov. John Bel Edwards’ rejection of a new congressional map inthe first override of a gubernatorial veto in nearly three decades, but the legislative decision won’t endthe redistricting fight.
Mapping the Future: Redistricting Wrap-Up
Louisiana lawmakers completed a three-week redistricting special session two days early withmaps that largely maintained the status quo, cementing Republican majorities for anotherdecade and expected to trigger lawsuits from civil rights organizations.