By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-chief
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Entergy Louisiana CEO Phillip May, right, accepts a copy of an executive order Gov. Jeff Landry signed Thursday that aims to protect Louisiana utility customers from the high costs of electricity related to increased demand from data centers. (Greg LaRose/LAI)
By Wes Muller
Gov. Jeff Landry says an executive order he signed Thursday will protect Louisiana’s household utility customers from covering the costs of power-hungry data centers, but he also made the case for the state continuing to lay out the red carpet for the massive developments.
Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a bill that would designate the Atlantic tarpon as a saltwater game fish in Louisiana, against the wishes of wildlife advocates. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo)
By Elise Plunk
An attempt to bolster regulation and research for one of Louisiana’s most popular offshore sport fish species has been deep-sixed. Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a bill that would designate the Atlantic tarpon as a saltwater game fish in Louisiana, against the wishes of wildlife advocates.
Several allocations to groups and projects in the district of state Rep. Delisha Boyd, D-New Orleans, were removed from the state budget for 2026-27. (Wes Muller/LAI)
By Greg LaRose
The governor has framed the reductions as fulfilling his promise to ensure the best use of public money, but lawmakers who had state spending pulled from their districts see Landry’s vetoes as retribution for voting against legislation he supported.
By Amanda Watford
It costs significantly more to incarcerate women than men, adding to the financial burden on state and local correctional systems, according to a new report from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice. The report projects those costs will continue to grow over the next decade.
• We look at Louisiana’s incarcerated women trend.
By Jacob Fischler
State courts cannot find liability for labeling shortcomings in pesticides and similar products because such products are covered by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a decision backing agricultural giant Monsanto. The justices, in a 7-2 decision, threw out a $1.25 million verdict awarded to a man who said long-term use of the weedkiller Roundup caused him to blood cancer.
• Learn about the Louisiana link to this decision
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