Budget butchering doesn’t meet sausage standard
Crafting and passing laws has been likened to making sausage, in that you don’t want to see the process in action but you are generally pleased with the end result
View ArticleMore than 500 new laws take effect Wednesday
BATON ROUGE — More than 500 new laws take effect Wednesday. Among the changes, impersonating someone on Facebook and other online sites can land someone in jail. Selling dogs and cats along roadsides...
View ArticleFracking laws face environmental challenges
Several environmental organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Earthjustice, have filed amicus briefs in support of local governments who say the law interferes with their...
View ArticleLack of e-cigarette laws leaves employers in haze
The Louisiana Legislature is moving toward enacting a ban on e-cigarette sales to minors, and some employers are wondering whether it should be extended to the workplace.
View ArticleABA launches crime consequences database
The American Bar Association has launched an online database that lists the laws and regulations by state that place restrictions on people who have been convicted of crimes.
View ArticleNew laws in 2016 show states are diverging on guns, voting
Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues.
View ArticleMore than 400 new Louisiana laws take effect in August
Skipping the seatbelt in a car will carry heftier fines Monday, sex offenders won't be allowed careers in door-to-door sales and children's lemonade stands will be shielded from ticketing as more than...
View ArticleDivorce debate still rolling at Mississippi Capitol
The Mississippi Senate is reviving a proposal to make divorce less complicated for victims of domestic abuse.
View ArticleStart of August brings more than 200 new laws for Louisiana
Louisiana children can bring sunscreen to school without a doctor's note, minors face tougher restrictions for getting an abortion and colleges can't ask unlimited questions about applying students'...
View ArticleBudget butchering doesn’t meet sausage standard
Crafting and passing laws has been likened to making sausage, in that you don’t want to see the process in action but you are generally pleased with the end result
View ArticleMore than 500 new laws take effect Wednesday
BATON ROUGE — More than 500 new laws take effect Wednesday. Among the changes, impersonating someone on Facebook and other online sites can land someone in jail. Selling dogs and cats along roadsides...
View ArticleFracking laws face environmental challenges
Several environmental organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Earthjustice, have filed amicus briefs in support of local governments who say the law interferes with their...
View ArticleLack of e-cigarette laws leaves employers in haze
The Louisiana Legislature is moving toward enacting a ban on e-cigarette sales to minors, and some employers are wondering whether it should be extended to the workplace.
View ArticleABA launches crime consequences database
The American Bar Association has launched an online database that lists the laws and regulations by state that place restrictions on people who have been convicted of crimes.
View ArticleNew laws in 2016 show states are diverging on guns, voting
Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues.
View ArticleMore than 400 new Louisiana laws take effect in August
Skipping the seatbelt in a car will carry heftier fines Monday, sex offenders won't be allowed careers in door-to-door sales and children's lemonade stands will be shielded from ticketing as more than...
View ArticleDivorce debate still rolling at Mississippi Capitol
The Mississippi Senate is reviving a proposal to make divorce less complicated for victims of domestic abuse.
View ArticleStart of August brings more than 200 new laws for Louisiana
Louisiana children can bring sunscreen to school without a doctor's note, minors face tougher restrictions for getting an abortion and colleges can't ask unlimited questions about applying students'...
View ArticleTax tweaks, driver training changes among new Louisiana laws
More than 20 new or rewritten Louisiana laws take effect as January begins, adding requirements for drivers-in-training, tweaking tax break programs and affixing other modest adjustments to the books.
View ArticleBid to loosen Louisiana’s child labor restrictions stalls
A proposal to loosen restrictions on employers who hire teenagers stalled in the Louisiana House.
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