David Jacobs

A hidden solar boom is now spreading across Africa Anyone looking at the official figures for solar energy expansion in Africa is likely to massively underestimate the actual pace of development.

Lawmakers spent part of their recent regular session creating different task forces. Here’s what to know.

Louisiana is a participating state in 15 legal settlements with corporate entities deemed responsible for the national opioid epidemic that claimed more than 5,000 lives in the state over five years. About $600 million is expected to flow into the state over the next 18 years. Under current rules, that money goes not to state […]

LaPolitics: From LABI’s perspective, what were the highlights of the recent regular session? Louisiana Association of Business and Industry CEO Will Green: Strengthening cradle-to-career pathways was the big winner, the big one being House Bill 549 by Rep. Stephanie Berault, which sets up the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program, an employer-driven training initiative designed to […]

Representatives of the commercial fishing and fur industries currently have a voting majority on the state board that oversees wildlife policy in “sportsman’s paradise.” But that could change this month, depending on who Gov. Jeff Landry appoints to fill the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission’s current vacancy. By law, three of the commission’s seven members […]

Representatives of the commercial fishing and fur industries currently have a voting majority on the state board that oversees wildlife policy

Richard Williams, formerly the interim executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association, now has the title in full. Williams was the only candidate under consideration when the LMA’s executive board voted this week. Williams was deputy director under Barney Arceneaux, who retired earlier this year. The LSU Law graduate also has served as deputy judicial […]

As Republicans in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas discuss potentially redrawing their legislative maps to give themselves an even stronger partisan advantage, Louisiana lawmakers have declined to join in, at least so far.

As Republicans in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas discuss potentially redrawing their legislative maps to give themselves an even stronger partisan advantage, Louisiana lawmakers have declined to join in, at