Governor Jeff Landry will hold a press conference at 11 AM today to announce the launch of Gumbo 2.0 which will put into action 1.3 million dollars in federal money to expand broadband access to 100-thousand homes, most of those in rural parishes. Marksville Representative Daryl Deshotel says Gumbo 2.0 expands on what’s already been done with Gumbo 1.0…
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Gumbo 2.0 is also expected to create between eight to ten thousand jobs.

The Council for a Better Louisiana says 16 of the 35 indicators they use to measure well-being in Louisiana are trending downward. CABL President Barry Erwin says several of those indicators deal with the economy and healthcare…
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Population loss and outmigration are a continuing problem, but the state’s violent crime rate and prison recidivism showed improvement.

57 delegates from Louisiana are in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry is one of those delegates and she says she’s proud to support Democratic presidential presumptive nominee Kamala Harris and her campaign promises…
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A top initiative for lawmakers heading into 2025 is figuring out a way to lower auto insurance rates. Several Louisiana legislators were upset Governor Landry vetoed a bill in the last regular session that could have lowered judgements awarded to plaintiffs in a car crash. Landry says he was looking out for the consumer. House Speaker Phillip Devillier says the vetoing of that bill brought awareness to the insurance crisis…
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