Fourteen Louisiana constitutional amendments were on the ballot last week, and if the 43% survival rate is any indication, Pelican State voters are getting weary of further expanding our statewide charter. Only six amendments survived on a night when Republicans swept both houses of Congress, as eight amendments failed to pass amidst a more conservative […]

While the nation’s electorate participated in the Republican “Tsunami” resulting in a near historic GOP victory in both congressional chambers last night, Louisiana voters chose instead to do the Cajun “Two-Step” and dance into the December 5th runoff to decide the Landrieu-Cassidy Senate race, as well as the LA 5th and 6th congressional seats. Painting the state “pink” instead of “red”, […]

The 2014 Louisiana legislative session ended on June 2 and has produced numerous Acts that amend and reform the state’s Elections, Governmental Ethics and Campaign Finance Disclosure laws–with an effective date of August 1, 2014 unless otherwise noted. Not all Act numbers have been designated as of this writing. Here is a short summary of […]

A working group of private sector practitioners, lobbyists and think tank participants are scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Feb. 4 in Baton Rouge to consider some long-awaited revisions to the Louisiana Campaign Finance and Disclosure law (LCFDA). With the goal of clarifying and revising provisions that continue to be  “problem areas” for candidates and PACs, the group hopes […]