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Louisiana’s insurance commissioner said his office will limit initial eligibility to people insured by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.

Louisiana gubernatorial race is picking up as candidates released their first campaign ads this week since officially qualifying.

The qualifying deadline to become an official gubernatorial candidate is Thursday. Here’s a look at each of the people who have thus far been campaigning to be the state’s next governor.

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.

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced on Thursday that he restored $100 million in state budget funding to the Department of Health. Lawmakers had cut that funding in a last-minute decision on the final day of this year’s session.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced on Wednesday that he vetoed a series of bills from this year’s legislative session, including one that would make it a misdemeanor crime to approach a police officer actively engaged on duty. Edwards also vetoed a bill he said was intended to undermine school vaccine requirements and one that looked to phase out the corporate franchise tax.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold in a Louisiana redistricting case that could bolster Black voting power in the state. Now lawmakers and officials await an official decision from the appeals court that could impact the 2024 congressional elections.

Louisiana lawmakers are regretting a last-minute $100 million reduction to health care in the new state budget, including some who helped negotiate and pass the budget on a chaotic final day of session. They are asking for the cut to be vetoed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has already said he will use every means at his disposal to eliminate or minimize the cut.

All Louisiana residents with a state-issued driver’s license, ID or car registration likely had sensitive information exposed to hackers in a major cyber attack on MOVEit — a third party file transfer software that is used by governments and companies across the world.