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Governor Jeff Landry set the tone for the 2026 Regular Session in his State of the State address last week, naming workforce development as one of his top priorities. With Louisiana announcing more than 124,000 new private-sector jobs in recent years, the Governor...
Every month, many Louisiana businesses must file sales tax returns with multiple parish collectors — each with its own forms, rules, and payment systems. No other state with a comparable sales tax system operates this way. Louisiana has made real progress on tax...
With only days remaining in the 2025 Regular Session, several high-impact, 1A-supported measures are advancing toward final passage. From major enhancements to the state’s economic development toolkit to revamped tax credits for early childhood and workforce...
With just under two weeks left in the 2025 Regular Session, legislators are moving quickly to work through remaining bills. Several 1A-supported measures advanced at the Capitol last week, including bills to establish a new LED high-impact jobs incentive and to expand...
As the Louisiana Legislature enters the final stretch of its Regular Session, lawmakers made progress last week on several business community priorities. A major milestone was Senate passage of a package of bills aiming to curb lawsuit payouts and bring down insurance...
Legislators officially made it through the halfway point of session last week and marked the occasion by advancing the all-important state budget and capital outlay bills. House Appropriations also approved legislation to create two new programs designed to boost...
The first month of the 2025 Regular Session closed with a long week of debates on key economic development priorities, including a tax credit focused on incentivizing greater work-based learning opportunities for high-schoolers in Louisiana and efforts to reform and...
Lengthy hearings have become a theme of the early weeks of the 2025 Regular Session and legislators pulled long hours again last week, particularly members of House Natural Resources, who met for more than 10 hours in a hearing focused on carbon capture and...
The 2025 Regular Session continued with lengthy hearings last week. House legislators resumed debates on legislation intended to address Louisiana’s insurance crisis and dove into a series of measures focused on the state’s workforce. There are no signs of slowing...
The 2025 Regular Session convened Monday, April 14, kicking off with an opening address by Governor Jeff Landry to the joint Legislature. The Governor issued calls to action on his top priorities for the second Regular Session of his term, including insurance reform...