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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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
When Louisiana lawmakers gather next week to open their redistricting special session, they’llhave a tight timeline to draw new maps and tricky politics to navigate. They’ll be grappling withcompeting demands, intense scrutiny and outside pressures.