Louisiana State Legislature

Lawmakers might not agree on everything. But a bill to make the pecan the official state nut passed from the Legislature this session with unanimous support. Gov. John Bel Edwards then signed the bill last month, making the designation official.

Louisiana lawmakers are heading back to the state Capitol Tuesday for a veto session where they are primarily looking to pass a ban on gender-affirming health care for youth, according to several lawmakers.

Louisiana House lawmakers voted to bust the state’s spending cap by $1.65 billion over the next 13 months. The Senate approved House changes that lowered the increase from an original $2.3 billion, resolving a key-part of session-long budget negotiations.

A bill that would allow individuals who are at least 21 years old in Louisiana to conceal carry a gun without a license or training advanced out of a Senate committee Tuesday with a 4-1 vote.

Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed the proposed Congressional maps passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature last month after lawmakers failed to create a second majority-Black district, according to a release from his office Wednesday.

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An effort to nullify lawsuits filed by coastal parishes against oil and gas companies suffered a setback in the Louisiana legislature this week, but some…

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