Gov. Jeff Landry

Lawmakers consider $47 billion budget for FY 2025-2026

Two years after Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers voted to lengthen dozens of prison sentences for criminal convictions, the governor’s staff says state incarceration expenses are surging.

In an interview with WRKF, Nungesser said he’s all for criminals being apprehended, but those with proper documentation to work in the country and who haven’t committed any crimes shouldn’t have to live in fear.

State lawmakers will begin a special session on Thursday to decide new dates for the 2026 election cycle amid the U.S. Supreme Court case concerning Louisiana's congressional map.

Landry wants to push dates back for the closed primaries next year to give lawmakers extra time to possibly approve a new congressional map.

Gov. Jeff Landry has approved sending 135 members of the Louisiana National Guard to Washington, D.C., in support of President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department.

The governor could win a legal fight to keep money already allocated to Louisiana, attorney says.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced on social media that his father, St. Martin Parish architect and business owner Al James Landry, died Wednesday. In his remembrance, the governor lamented his loss while noting the death of his mother, Edna Bienvenu Landry, in 2019.

Earlier this year, the Louisiana Board of Ethics told Gov. Jeff Landry’s political action committee to stop paying for the governor’s membership at the U.S. House of Representatives fitness center.

Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers have put $31.7 million toward refurbishing the outside of the Louisiana State Capitol.