David Jacobs

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is likely to play a key role in deciding who will fill an open seat on the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Frontrunners for the judgeship reportedly include Louisiana Solicitor General J. Benjamin Aguiñaga, who has argued four times at the U.S. Supreme Court, most famously for, then against, Louisiana’s congressional map. Anna St. John, who was confirmed to the Eastern District of Louisiana this year with Kennedy’s backing, and James Baehr, the general counsel for the Department of Veterans Affairs, also could be in the mix,

Every district attorney’s office in Louisiana will be on the ballot in this fall’s elections.

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House Insurance Chair Gabe Firment has announced his candidacy to replace Congresswoman Julia Letlow in northeast Louisiana’s 5th District. He joins Rep. Michael Echols and Board of Regents Chair Misti Cordell in the race. Senate Agriculture Chair Stewart Cathey is expected to make a run for the Republican-leaning open seat as well, but has not yet made a public announcement.

On June 18, the number of Republicans registered in Louisiana inched past the number of Democrats. Large numbers of older Democrats have been mostly voting Republican for many years now, and the GOP has been closing the registration gap for some time. But this year’s shift to party primaries for certain offices provided extra motivation […]

For the first time in five years Louisiana’s property insurers are taking rate decreases, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said in an interview with LaPolitics, and those decreases are equal to the number of individual increases.

When asked if he thought there was any chance for a constitutional convention in Louisiana anytime soon, Lane Grigsby started off with a one-word answer: “No.”

When asked if he thought there was any chance for a constitutional convention in Louisiana anytime soon, Lane Grigsby started off with a one-word answer: “No.”

Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon's veto of legislation establishing term limits on his office minutes after he signed it is creating disagreement

As part of an effort to reach younger students, the Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges System is in the process of launching its own charter school.