Julie O'Donoghue

Louisiana lawmakers increased the amount of public money the state will spend on college sports championships, rodeos and other entertainment events in this fiscal year to at least $12.1 million in direct support. State budget documents show it was previously slated to spend $10.4 million in the current fiscal year.

In Louisiana, candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House races in the 5th and 6th districts mostly said they would not support changing the level of federal funding states receive after a disaster. But Democrats and Republicans are divided on whether massive staffing cuts at FEMA under Trump should be reversed.

State Rep. Mike Bayham, R-Chalmette, is proposing a special Dolly Parton license plate in Louisiana that would help fund a state literacy program for children started by the country music icon. 

Louisiana has upgraded its technology for issuing driver’s licenses, an improvement that Gov. Jeff Landry says will make it much faster to get a license or identification card. “We came into office with a promise to fix it and we did,” Landry said in a video his communications office released Tuesday.  The state Office of […]

Congresswoman Julia Letlow, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, doesn’t want to answer questions about the nondisclosure agreement she signed with a Meta company about Richland Parish’s $50 billion dollar data center project, said Jamie Davis, the Democratic candidate.

All five of the major candidates vying to replace U.S. Rep. Julie Letlow in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District said they would focus on shoring up rural healthcare providers if elected. 

Louisiana law allows district attorneys to maintain a private law practice outside of their public sector job as long as they don’t do any criminal defense work. Thirty of the 42 district attorneys have private clients.

The amendment would only prevent former Govs. Bobby Jindal and John Bel Edwards from running for office again because all other former Louisiana governors are deceased.

Louisiana’s proposed work requirements for Medicaid enrollment largely adhere to the new guidelines Congress and President Donald Trump laid out last year. The new state regulations are expected to go into effect for Medicaid recipients in January.

The Republican Party of Louisiana’s leadership faced backlash this week after endorsing candidates in Louisiana’s two competitive congressional races using an opaque, private process.