Louisiana House Bill 551 proposes a sales tax holiday on the first Saturday of August for school supplies. Items included in the tax holiday are computers (under $500), clothing, footwear, school ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order to pause hiring for the executive branch of the state government. The executive order resulted from a projected financial deficiency. The hiring ...

Annual $2,000 stipends that teachers received for the past two years are set to expire after this school year ends.

Jeff Landry. The amendments involved changes to the courts (65 percent opposed), judicial elections (64 percent opposed), government spending and a teacher pay increase (65 percent opposed), and ...

Jeff Landry is looking toward the future after voters rejected ... It’s one of the reasons that we instituted the hiring freeze,” Landry said. “But I’m sure that the legislature and I will work to ...

Louisiana lawmakers are due to return to Baton Rouge on April 14, but legislators have until close of business Friday to pre-file bills. Why it matters: Lawmakers have limited ability to file bills ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced a statewide hiring freeze for the executive branch Wednesday, which includes higher education. The UL Board will have to seek permission from Landry’s budget chief ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has enacted a hiring freeze for the executive branch of state government in an effort to save $20 million ahead of a projected state budget shortfall. The governor signed an ...

After voters rejected an amendment on taxes, Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order Wednesday, imposing a hiring freeze on Louisiana’s executive branch in hopes to save the state $20 million.

Reaction continues to come in after Governor Jeff Landry’s executive order calling for a state job hiring freeze.