The Leaders for a Better Louisiana has released a positive report on the state’s direction. Based on the analysis from Better Louisiana, the state ranks third among Southern states for job growth, surpassing both Texas and Florida by percentage growth.

Better Louisiana CEO Adam Knapp says infrastructure spending continues to strengthen the foundation for long-term growth. Knapp says Louisiana now ranks in the top half of Southern states for highway maintenance spending growth….

Cut 21 (20) “…gubernatorial change”

The Better Louisiana report also says the state’s homicide rate dropped 59-percent from 2021 to 2025, the third largest decline among peer states.

The Louisiana House has voted down a bill that would have required certain TOPS students to pay back their scholarship if they fail to keep the necessary grade point average or failed to take enough classes to keep the scholarship. Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Freiberg voted against the legislation…

Cut 30 (25) “….those scholarships”

The measure failed on a 62-38 vote.  The bill’s author, Bossier City Representative Dennis Bamburg, argued that taxpayer dollars pay for these scholarships and he is looking out for the taxpayer who funds the TOPS scholarship.