
Jeremy Alford
Publisher and Editor, LaPolitics Weekly at Freelance
Contributor at The New York Times
Writes https://t.co/Vdn5ye68WR & https://t.co/Sxy17S5S3z w/ @DavidJacobs225. Author of The Last Constitution; co-wrote Long Shot & The Party is Over. Bylines in @NYTimes.
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1 day ago |
businessreport.com | Jeremy Alford |David Jacobs |Holly Duchmann
On the same day that news broke about President Donald Trump launching a commission focused on college sports, the Louisiana Legislature took a step toward creating a task force of its own to look at some of the same issues.
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5 days ago |
businessreport.com | Jeremy Alford |DAVID JACOBS |Holly Duchmann
House leaders plan to pay off a dozen judgments against the state this year. “If a bill was filed with a judgment, it is my goal to pay those judgments,” Appropriations Chair Jack McFarland says. “Some of these [judgments] have been on the books for years.” The Legislature doesn’t pay for judgments every year, but this year, the price tag appears to be well within its means.
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1 week ago |
hannapub.com | David Jacobs |Jeremy Alford
Gov. Jeff Landry’s budget left more meat on the capital outlay bone this year, giving legislators more room to include their own brick-and-mortar priorities. kA 4=2DDlQAaQm{2H>2<6CD[ 9@H6G6C[ 2C6 36:?8 2D<65 ?@E E@ 86E 8C665J 2?5 E@ E9:?< 42C67F==J 23@FE E96:C C6BF6DED]kDA2? 4=2DDlQpAA=6\4@?G6CE65\DA246Qm k^DA2?mk^AmkA 4=2DDlQAaQm“|J 8@2= :? 2== @7 E9:D 92D 2=H2JD 366? E@ ECJ E@ C:89E E96 D9:A 2 =:EE=6 3:E @?
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1 week ago |
businessreport.com | Jeremy Alford |David Jacobs |Holly Duchmann
Gov. Jeff Landry’s budget left more meat on the capital outlay bone this year, giving legislators more room to include their own brick-and-mortar priorities. Lawmakers, however, are being asked not to get greedy and to think carefully about their requests.
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1 week ago |
businessreport.com | Jeremy Alford |DAVID JACOBS |Dillon Lowe
Attorney General Liz Murrill and Secretary of State Nancy Landry, Louisiana’s highest-ranking women in elected office, are both pushing aggressive legislative agendas in the ongoing regular session. Murrill, whose national profile is growing alongside her hold over the statewide scene, is doubling down on her tough-on-crime approach and asking lawmakers to give district courts jurisdiction over felony cases involving juveniles at least 15 years of age.
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