Most personal vehicles will no longer need an annual safety inspection sticker starting in 2027 under a bill signed into law by Governor Jeff Landry Tuesday. The current brake tag would be replaced with a $6 QR code tied to the vehicle’s registration. Landry says this was a very popular initiative this session…:
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Drivers in East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Iberville, and Ascension parishes would still need emissions testing under federal law.

Also Tuesday Landry signed an executive order tied to funding for permanent teacher pay raises. He called for a $168 million dollar reduction in public school funding to pay for $2000 stipends for Louisiana educators. Lawmakers passed a state budget last week that did not include the raises, and Landry’s proposed funding cut will need legislative approval first.

The 2026 legislative session was also packed with bills to strengthen the workforce in Louisiana. Adam Knapp, the CEO of Leaders for a Better Louisiana, says some of them expanded career exposure beginning in middle school…:
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The broad workforce package was a bipartisan one, with many of the laws passed receiving no opposition in either chamber.

Lafayette will host the high school boys basketball championships after spending the past 12 years in Lake Charles. The LHSAA announced plans Tuesday to move the event to the Cajundome and Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission President Ben Berthelot says they are thrilled…:
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Lafayette hosted the event from 1997 to 2011.