Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed the business lobby’s main priority of the last election cycle into law, changes to...
Articles by Melinda Deslatte
Gov. John Bel Edwards has ratcheted up Louisiana’s restrictions to combat the coronavirus’s spread, instituting a statewide mask mandate, putting...
Some small businesses harmed by the coronavirus pandemic should start seeing grants from a $300 million federally financed program as...
Louisiana businesses are receiving state protection from most lawsuits involving COVID-19 deaths or injuries, after Gov. John Bel Edwards signed...
A Louisiana lawmaker’s effort to eliminate police officers’ wide immunity from lawsuits and allow people injured by law enforcement to...
More Louisiana residents will have access to medical marijuana under a significant expansion of the state’s therapeutic cannabis program that...
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a Republican-crafted plan to spend $300 million in federal coronavirus aid to help...
Despite a veto from the governor, the Louisiana House has plowed ahead with a top priority for business lobbying groups,...

Gov. John Bel Edwards on June 12 vetoed eight bills passed by Louisiana lawmakers in their recently ended regular session,...

After a last-minute scramble to pass the business lobby’s top priority for the regular session, Republican legislators quickly realized they...