The 2026 legislative session begins today as lawmakers have more than 13-hundred bills to consider. The biggest one of them all is the state’s spending plan. Lapolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the biggest budget fight could involve the L-A Gator Program. Governor Landry wants to double the funding for the voucher program that helps eligible families pay for private school tuition and other education expenses…
Lawmakers will also discuss giving governments more local control over carbon capture projects. There’s legislation to allow guns on college campuses and a proposal to make it a felony to drive more than 30 miles per hour over the speed limit. And there’s more insurance reform legislation…
There’s a bill to make fortified roofs mandatory for new construction. Senate Insurance Chairman Kirk Talbot says he rushed to file Senate Bill 147 before the pre-filing deadline, and will amend it to narrow it down to parts of the state where fortified roofs are needed the most.
Cut 12 (05) “…for new construction.”
A new statewide poll of voters finds that their biggest concern is their pocketbook.