Continuing a tradition in Louisiana politics, Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has named as his chief budget architect a former state lawmaker with years of experience legislating on fiscal issues.
Continuing a recent tradition in Louisiana politics, Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has named as his chief budget architect a former state lawmaker familiar with the inner workings of the state s often-opaque
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Marijuana legalization in Louisiana gets boost from public support: The tide is changing
Forty-three percent of U.S. adults now live in a place that has legalized the drug for recreational use, according to the Pew Research Center.
Sam Karlin
BATON ROUGE Republican state Rep. Scott McKnight, a conservative 40-year-old Baton Rouge businessman, was torn over the proposal in the Louisiana Legislature to legalize marijuana for recreational use.
A former reserve deputy in East Baton Rouge Parish, he knew law enforcement has concerns with the idea. But one thing that helped sway McKnight to vote for the bill making him one of three Republicans to send the proposal out of committee and on to the full House for debate in a historic vote was public opinion.