As the Louisiana legislature gears up for its 2020 spring session opening on March 9, some are optimistic that the retirement of GOP Senate President John Alario may mean a new spirit of cooperation.
Fresh off a strong conservative mandate from voters in the fall elections, Stephen Waguespack, president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), Louisiana’s state chamber of commerce and manufacturing association, is looking forward to making progress on tort reform when the legislature convenes in March.
BATON ROUGE – With dozens of freshman state legislators, a highly respected new Supreme Court Justice and a governor who narrowly won a second term, politics in Louisiana next year could be a whole new world, a business advocate said.
BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards won his second term in Saturday's hard-fought runoff election but an up-north newspaper's rebuke of him and Louisiana earlier this month still remains, tort reform advocates say.
The Pelican Institute for Public Policy, working to improve awareness about issues such as leadership and reform, said the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry's 2019 scorecard is a clear indicator of priorities for the state moving forward.
A representative with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry said a recent study showing Louisiana near the bottom of the U.S. in business rankings was to be expected.
Every year, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry releases its scorecard, a comprehensive review of legislation that has faced the state in the last year.
Voters shouldn't read too deeply into a seeming rift in the state's business community over candidate endorsements, according to a local think tank official.
Access to health care for 1 million of Louisiana’s most vulnerable could be delayed or interrupted in 2020 because of charges of bias in the Medicaid expansion provider selection process.
Two Louisiana trade associations have broken with Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) over the race for state insurance commissioner.
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) is Louisiana’s state chamber of commerce and manufacturing association. Since 1975, we have proudly represented employers of all sizes, industries and locations and taken bold stances time and time again to defend and promote free enterprise. That mission continues to this day.
Two of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ highest financial donors for re-election include Fred Heebe and Jim Ward, who have been under investigation on suspicion of illegal campaign donations in the past.
A nonprofit organization devoted to stopping lawsuit abuse praised the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry's legal advosry council initiative as an effort toward transparency.
An activist with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry slammed Gov. John Bel Edwards in an interview over his administration's handling of Medicaid contracts after one company was left out of the renewal process.
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, as part of an effort to expand its outreach and public presence, wants to create a legal advisory council to evaluate judges, their decisions, and how those affect the business community.
Taylor Porter is a corporate partner of the Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School Corporate Work Study Program(CWSP), and our law firm is proud to welcome (pictured from left): Tydrian Johnson, Jadarion Davis, Sandil Joseph, and TajMarqui Paul, for the 2019-2020 school year.
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry along with corporate counsel are teaming up on a project that will evaluate judges on how their decisions in the courtroom affect businesses and the economy through a proposed legal advisory council.
A conservative political action committee has targeted three state lawmakers – including one Republican – over what the group says is the legislators' failure to lower auto insurance rates for Louisiana drivers.
