The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana’s 2026 Constitutional Amendments guide is out and Amendment 3 is getting a lot of attention. It would make a two-thousand-dollar teacher pay raise permanent using funds made available by retiring three trust funds. PAR President Steven Procopio…
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A bill that would give incarcerated people another mechanism to shorten their prison sentences was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mandie Landry says her bill isn’t groundbreaking, it simply adds on to an existing law giving inmates an opportunity to shorten their sentences by 90 days when they earn an associate’s degree.
The Senate Commerce Committee passes legislation that would require representative or agent to be registered with the state before negotiating an NIL deal on behalf of a college or high school athlete. Jeff Palermo has more.
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A bill that would replace 18-dollar inspection stickers on most passenger vehicles with 6 dollar QR codes easily passed the Louisiana House. DeSoto Parish Representative Larry Bagley has been pushing for the elimination of inspection stickers for years.