Lawmakers to discuss budget bills, constitutional convention this week
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
17h ago
Lawmakers are set to discuss two major budget bills this week. Plus, a House committee is expected to vote on a bill calling for a constitutional convention to begin in late May ..read more
Visit website
Proposed amendments scuttled as lawmakers brace for a potential constitutional convention
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Elizabeth White, LSU Manship School News Service
4d ago
Seven of the nine constitutional amendments Republican lawmakers had proposed were deferred ..read more
Visit website
Bills limiting access to public records advance from Senate committee
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
4d ago
Lawmakers on the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 6-2 to advance a bill that would gut much of Louisiana’s public records law. They also advanced a bill to require identification to request public records ..read more
Visit website
With Gov. Landy's backing, bill that would 'repeal' public records law advances in Senate
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Claire Sullivan, LSU Manship School News Service
4d ago
A Senate panel voted 6-2 to advance a bill that would gut public access to information at every level of government ..read more
Visit website
Bill to remove gassing as execution method advances, constitutional convention talks begin
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
4d ago
Lawmakers on a Senate committee unanimously advanced a bill to remove gassing as an approved method of execution. Plus, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee began discussion of a bill calling for a constitutional convention ..read more
Visit website
Jeff Landry's first 100 days in office: Here's what the governor and lawmakers have prioritized
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
4d ago
Harsher criminal punishment, public funding for private schools and deregulating the insurance industry have been at the top of the agenda ..read more
Visit website
New bills target free speech, public records — and seek to ban gas execution
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
1w ago
Lawmakers have filed new bills to gut Louisiana's public records law, expand penalties for defamation and remove nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method ..read more
Visit website
Bill to criminalize abortion ‘by means of fraud’ advances from Senate committee
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
1w ago
A bill to create the crime of “coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud” passed from a Senate committee on Tuesday ..read more
Visit website
Senate leadership says constitutional convention would have to wrap by June 3
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
2w ago
Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, reiterated a desire to leave Baton Rouge by June 3, meaning lawmakers would have a tight timeline to rewrite the state constitution if they vote for a convention ..read more
Visit website
Bill requiring Ten Commandments be displayed in all classrooms passes House committee
New Orleans Public Radio – Politics
by Molly Ryan
2w ago
Public schools in Louisiana could soon be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom under a new bill. The proposal passed the House Education Committee on Thursday ..read more
Visit website

Follow New Orleans Public Radio – Politics on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR