Brooke Thorington

The map favors the re-election of a Democrat in District 2, which is currently occupied by Congressman Troy Carter.

After voters rejected the constitutional amendment to combine education funds to help pay for permanent teacher pay raises, Gov. Jeff Landry made a social media post saying that if teachers do not get a pay raise, then no one in state government will get one.

The congressional map with one less Democratic district will go before the House Governmental Affairs Committee Thursday morning. This is the same map sponsored by Republican Senator Jay Morris that cleared the Senate last week.

With your Capitol Access Minute, I'm Brooke Thorington The House Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to advance a congressional map, SB 121 , with one Democratic district and five Republican districts.

There's one more week left in the regular session. The two biggest pieces of legislation which have yet to receive final approval are a new congressional map and the state budget.

This change could affect some, many or even all of the state's more than 813,000 so-called “no party” voters from choosing major party candidates in future Louisiana primary elections.

Teachers and support staff will get another one-time stipend this year, according to Gov. Jeff Landry. But he hasn't said where the money will come from.

After being amended in the Senate and agreed upon in the House, the state's $47 billion budget, HB 1 , is headed to the governor's desk.

After 12 weeks, Louisiana's 2026 Regular Legislative Session wrapped up on Monday.

Louisiana heads to the polls again on Saturday, June 27, as both Republicans and Democrats will hold party primary run-offs for