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In nation’s gubernatorial races, there are a lot of Capitol Hill connections - Roll Call

Among the next likely crop of governors, there are several with extensive connections to Capitol Hill and Congress.

Roll Call · Sep 12, 2023

Louisiana plagued by unprecedented wildfires, as largest active blaze grows

One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history continues to burn through land and threaten rural communities, which are used to flooding and hurricanes this time of year rather than drought and blazes

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

Republicans give $101m to sports arena as myriad needs loom over Louisiana

State faces poverty, poor education and insufficient healthcare, but lawmakers are funding renovations to event center

The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2023

Louisiana’s death row inmates make rare mass petition for commutation

Fifty-six of the 57 death row prisoners ask governor, who is coming to the end of his term, to act on his anti-death penalty convictions

The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2023

US legislators turn to Louisiana for experience on climate change impacts to infrastructure

Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget are turning to Louisiana for its hard-earned expertise in the fiscal impacts of climate change

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Louisiana lawmakers overturn governor's veto on gender-affirming care ban for transgender minors

Louisiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ recent veto of a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Louisiana youths held at adult prison's old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say

Advocates for juveniles held in a former death row building at a Louisiana prison for adults say the youths are suffering through dangerous heat and psychologically damaging isolation in their prison cells with little or no mental health care, inadequate schooling and foul water

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Juveniles at Louisiana's Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall

Louisiana officials say juveniles currently housed at the country’s largest maximum-security adult prison will be moved to a new youth detention facility by mid-November

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

Louisiana governor vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation including a gender-affirming care ban

Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ bills from becoming law

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court Clears Path For Review Of Louisiana’s Congressional District Map

Supreme Court dismisses appeal on Louisiana's congressional district map, allowing case to proceed before Fifth Circuit Court

Zenger · Jun 29, 2023