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5 days ago | 
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil
Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry is backing a change that would further restrict political contributions by noncitizens and foreign entities. As part of this year’s legislative session, two companion measures have been introduced to accomplish that goal: One is a proposed constitutional amendment in Senate Bill 109, and the other is a corresponding change to state statute in House Bill 590.
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1 week ago | 
theadvocate.com | Alyse Pfeil
A plan to rethink how Louisiana builds and maintains its roads and bridges is sailing through the Legislature after it passed the state House this week with nearly unanimous bipartisan approval. The sweeping plan, spread across three separate bills, would rework parts of the Department of Transportation and Development’s organizational structure and set up a new agency called the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction.
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1 week ago | 
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil
A plan to rethink how Louisiana builds and maintains its roads and bridges is sailing through the Legislature after it passed the state House this week with nearly unanimous bipartisan approval. The sweeping plan, spread across three separate bills, would rework parts of the Department of Transportation and Development’s organizational structure and set up a new agency called the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction.
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1 week ago | 
theadvocate.com | Alyse Pfeil
Louisiana's governor could soon have more latitude on who to appoint to 32 of the state’s occupational licensing boards and commissions, including those that oversee accountants, plumbers, nursing home administrators, contractors, psychologists and engineers, among a slew of other professions. Current law requires the governor to appoint some members of these boards from lists of candidates put forward by industry trade associations.
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1 week ago | 
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil
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1 week ago | 
theadvocate.com | Alyse Pfeil
Bills to ban fluoride in the state's public water systems and make ivermectin available over-the-counter have so far advanced swiftly through the Louisiana Legislature, easily passing the Republican-controlled Senate. The proposed changes are linked to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who this year was appointed to run the nation’s health department under President Donald Trump.
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1 week ago | 
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil
Whooping cough cases are surging in Louisiana, a trend that "could result in a record high for 2025 — more than has been seen annually in the state for at least 35 years," according to a news release Friday from the Louisiana Department of Health. LDH said it has identified 164 cases in just the first four months of the year, while there were 153 cases during all of 2024. "Two deaths have occurred among young infants hospitalized with whooping cough," LDH said.
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1 week ago | 
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil
Whooping cough cases are surging in Louisiana, a trend that "could result in a record high for 2025 — more than has been seen annually in the state for at least 35 years," according to a news release Friday from the Louisiana Department of Health. LDH said it has identified 164 cases in just the first four months of the year, while there 153 cases during all of 2024. "Two deaths have occurred among young infants hospitalized with whooping cough," LDH said.
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2 weeks ago | 
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil
For a second year in a row, a contested effort to change the constitution to give state lawmakers more power over Louisiana’s civil service system is underway. Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, is again championing a bill that would allow the Legislature to add additional unclassified positions to the state workforce. Morris during a hearing Wednesday said the effort to "reform civil service" is aimed at creating a more efficient government that functions to some degree like a business.
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2 weeks ago | 
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil
As part of a plan to overhaul the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, state lawmakers are considering a major change to how the state pays for the salaries of DOTD employees. Legislators say the move would free up money for spending on road and bridge construction — but they haven’t yet decided on an alternative way to fund the paychecks of roughly 4,300 state workers.
