As charges linger over Landry, Louisiana House votes to overhaul ethics investigations

Gov. Jeff Landry has a strong hand on car insurance bills. Some conservatives are miffed.

The biggest vote of the three-week-old legislative session came Wednesday when the House had to decide whether to side with Gov. Jeff Landry or Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple and powerful

Gov. Jeff Landry has a strong hand on car insurance bills. Some conservatives are miffed

The biggest vote of the three-week-old legislative session came Wednesday when the House had to decide whether to side with Gov. Jeff Landry or Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple and powerful business interests on a bill that would affect car insurance…

Gov. Landry might get the insurance laws he wants, but not without ruffling some Republican feathers

Rep. Dixon McMakin, R-Baton Rouge, left, greets Gov. Jeff Landry as Landry leaves the House Chamber with his son, JT Landry, right, after speaking on opening day of legislative session, Monday, April 14, 2025, at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate-Pool)A surprise amendment to what was a simple bill caused an appreciable rift among Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature this past week, but it might have helped advan…

Limit damages for the undocumented? Lawmakers advance the bill

As part of a sweeping reform package aimed at bringing down Louisiana’s sky-high auto insurance rates, a bill moving through the Louisiana Legislature would limit legal claims by unauthorized immigrants involved in car accidents. That bill—House Bill 436, sponsored by state Rep. Gabe Firment, R-Pollock—would prohibit awarding general damages as well as past and future lost wages to “unauthorized aliens.” As defined in the bill, those are individ…