With that, Louisiana's Republican Legislature has agreed to pass a series of bills that would make it easier for insurance companies to drop policyholders and raise rates, and give them more time to resolve disputes before policyholders file lawsuits. 1/2

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FINAL PASSAGE: House votes 85-11 to repeal law prohibiting insurance companies from canceling/refusing to renew policies that homeowners have had with company for at least 3 years. HB611 has higher cancellation hurdles for policies already in effect. Bill to governor. #lalege

Important work from The Reveille looking at what happens to Title IX cases reported to LSU; Most of them go nowhere 👇 #lalege

A Range of Emerging Fiscal Risks Could Disrupt State Budgets pew.org/3Um3Fun via The Pew Trusts #lalege

New Orleans City Council president calls on lawmakers to kill or amend controversial public records bill fox8live.com/2024/04/27/new… via WWL-TV #lalege

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House Appropriations votes 12-8 for Republican Rep. Chuck Owen bill to cap the total number of 'all-electric vehicles' allowed in the state's fleet of cars, trucks and other vehicles to no more than 3%. HB201 heads to full House for debate. #lalege

Senate Finance advances Democratic Sen. Cleo Fields bill to require any new or used school bus purchased by elementary and secondary schools in Louisiana after Aug. 1 to have heating and air conditioning systems. SB26 heads to full Senate for debate. #lalege #laed

Breaking: Louisiana sues Biden over #TitleIX rules that protect #LGBTQ students from discrimination. Here's what just happened at Attorney General Liz Murrill and Governor Jeff Landry press conference #lagov #lalege #POTUS shreveporttimes.com/story/news/202… via The Shreveport Times

Budget crafted by the Louisiana House steers new money to public school programs at the expense of early childhood education, while maintaining the governor’s push to grow spending on state prisons and police. Here's my latest for PAR Louisiana: parlouisiana.org/wp-content/upl… #lalege

House Appropriations votes 13-2 for Republican Rep. John Illg bill to raise Louisiana's basic driver's license fee by $6 for the next two years. The money raised (an estimated $3.9 million a year) would pay for litter abatement. HB447 heads to full House. #lalege

Louisiana's Republican legislative leaders are pushing the Landry administration and Cade Brumley to participate in a federal summer food program for children, even after Governor Jeff Landry and Brumley declined to participate earlier this year. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/04/29/law…

One of the 12 failed property insurers in Louisiana is now facing allegations that it defrauded investors by misrepresenting its exposure to Hurricane Ida. Story: nola.com/news/business/…

Senate Retirement unanimously approves Rep. Barbara Freiberg’s HB 31, which allows higher ed faculty and staff to switch from the optional retirement plan into the defined benefit plan in TRSL. Bill now only needs senate approval. legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo… #lalege #lagov

House Appropriations votes 14-6 for constitutional convention bill. Vote falls along party lines, with Republicans in support of the convention bill and Democrats opposed. HB800 moves next to full House for debate. #lalege

The medical syringe has become a tool of control during police encounters, a practice that has quietly spread based on questionable science.

Dozens of deaths reveal the risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police, AP finds. bit.ly/3WbIwob