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Let’s continue to move toward virtual public meeting and courtroom access
It’s hard to believe, given how we’ve all grown accustomed to conducting business virtually over the past two years, that there are still governmental entities that have not kept pace with the times and made the non-threatening leap into video conferencing.
Cost, manpower are bigger concerns for Louisiana election officials than voter fraud
Local election officials say any system that depends on paper brings with it a host of logistical and supply chain concerns.
Lawmakers want more time to inspect options for Louisiana voting machines
The state plans to move on from the computerized counting devices it has used since the early 2000s to a system that scans paper ballots.
Hurricanes, COVID contribute to decrease in Louisiana TOPS scholarship qualifiers
The number of Louisiana high school graduates who qualified for the state's free college tuition program hit a five-year low.
In Louisiana’s ‘Animal House,’ Ivey says what needed to be said
In summary, Ivey’s message to lawmakers who had just tabled his attempt to add a minority district to the Louisiana Supreme Court was that “lazy” and “stupid” is no way for the Legislature to go through life.
Gaming regulators: Diamond Jacks casino owner must transfer license to new operator or else
Louisiana’s gambling regulator has given the owner of Diamond Jacks riverboat casino in Bossier City 60 days to work out a deal to sell the site – or have its state gaming license revoked.
Republicans hold sway as Louisiana Legislature nears end of redistricting session
Republican leaders in the Louisiana Legislature are optimistic their special redistricting session will end before the weekend as GOP-backed maps continue to advance from both chambers.
Republican bill adds minority seat to Louisiana Supreme Court
Rep. Barry Ivey’s bill would create a new minority district that starts north of Baton Rouge and moves up the Mississippi River, then heads west at the Arkansas state line to include Shreveport.
Gov. John Bel Edwards: Redistricting bills without new minority districts ‘very problematic’
Bills and amendments Democratic lawmakers have proposed include additional minority districts, which Edwards said shows it can be done.
Lawsuits, not fair representation, steer Louisiana’s redistricting
For Louisiana redistricting in 2022, it appears lawsuits were a foregone conclusion ever before demographers put the first pen to map.
BESE stays at 2 minority seats in House-approved redistricting map
The eight elected seats on the state school board would continue to have two districts with a majority of minority residents under a redistricting map approved Tuesday in the Louisiana House of Representatives, despite efforts from Black lawmakers to add a third.
Louisiana House redistricting map keeps minority seats at status quo
A redistricting proposal from Republican leaders in the Louisiana House of Representatives keeps the number of majority-minority districts in the chamber at 29 out of 105, despite calls from voting rights advocates to add more representation for the state’s increasing Black population.