Jeremy Alford

Should Gov. Jeff Landry and his allies succeed in producing an ambitious tax reform amendment next month, voter approval of the proposed constitutional changes would be required in a sleepy

Would anyone from Louisiana be selected for another Trump administration? Will the presidential race end up being a "blowout" or another close election?

Travel and tourism officials got a scare earlier this month when they noticed Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax package messed with a key tax stream for the industry. While the travel sector’s fears have been mitigated to some extent, industry leaders still have some concerns about that provision as well as other aspects of the tax […]

Recorded in November 2016, this episode spotlighted then-Congressman Ralph Abraham (now the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health) discussing his life in a small town as both a physician and veterinarian.

Some have speculated that Bill Cassidy would serve two terms and call it a day. A glance at his fundraising totals tells a different story.

LaPolitics recently spoke with Norman Morris, CEO of Louisiana Realtors, to get his take on some political issues that affect real estate. How will this year’s landmark settlement reached over commissions change the housing market? Morris: We implemented two main changes. Realtors’ compensation will not be included in the Multiple Listing Services, and all buyer […]

Placing the concept of income tax cuts aside, arguably the most popular aspect of Gov. Jeff Landry’s wide-ranging special session will be the opportunity for a substantive change to how teacher pay raises are handled. The subject matter alone is certainly something no legislator, Republican or Democrat, wants to vote against. Moreover, the teacher pay […]

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is sounding the alarm about the Landry Administration’s special session proposal to alter a key funding stream his department relies on for tourism promotion. In an interview with LaPolitics, Nungesser says he’s also concerned about the potential loss of Louisiana’s subsidies for film promotion and historic structures restoration, both of which […]

As he gave the opening speech last week for a special session called mainly to overhaul Louisiana’s tax code, Gov. Jeff Landry didn’t wait long to take a not-so-veiled shot at anyone defending the status quo. “This tax code is holding our state back,” he said, while holding a hefty green soft-cover volume of Louisiana […]

As he gave the opening speech last week for a special session called mainly to overhaul Louisiana’s tax code, Gov. Jeff Landry didn’t wait long to take a not-so-veiled shot