
David Jacobs
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Baton Rouge-based writer and editor. Covering Louisiana government with LaPolitics.com and StateAffairs.com.
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29-07-2016 18:51:29
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This go around, as of Tuesday afternoon, members of the House and Senate have filed 69 resolutions, compared to 868 bills. #lalege #lagov ✍️ Jeremy Alford David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/taxes/sessi…

.Speaker Mike Johnson raised $32.2 million during the first quarter of this year, which is the biggest haul ever for a Republican speaker during a midterm cycle, according to his team. #lagov #lapol ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/campaign-fi…

Congressman Cleo Fields is looking for answers about why the federal government revoked the visas of eight international students enrolled at Southern University in Baton Rouge. #lagov ✍️ David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/cl…

Attorney General Liz Murrill and Secretary of State Nancy Landry, Louisiana's highest-ranking women in elected office, are both pushing aggressive legislative agendas in the ongoing regular session. #lagov #lalege ✍️ David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/na…

.Speaker Mike Johnson says Republican lawmakers have been working on a sweeping legislative agenda for more than a year. #lapol #lalege ✍️ David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/mi…

House leaders plan to pay off a dozen judgments against the state this year. #lagov ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/co…


U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s campaign team is ramping up for reelection in what is, for now at least, a two-person race. #lagov ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/elections/b…

On the same day that news broke about President Donald Trump launching a commission focused on college sports, the Louisiana Legislature took a step toward creating a task force of its own to look at some of the same issues. #lalege ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/ni…

BIG CHANGE: The Republican Party of Louisiana is roughly 12 months or less away from capturing a plurality in #Louisiana's voter registration, pollster John Couvillon said in the latest episode of the LaPolitics Report Podcast (your #LaLege/#LaGov/#LaDC audio guide). Listen to the entire episode on

Two House members are looking to revive the local option for video poker, almost 30 years after the parishes in question voted out the machines. #lagov #lalege ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/gaming/alto…

A sweeping rewrite of Louisiana’s Campaign Finance Disclosure Act backed by Gov. Jeff Landry advanced to the House floor on Wednesday. #lagov #lalege ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/campaign-fi…

Louisiana Realtors CEO Norman Morris is the latest guest on the LaPolitics Report Podcast. Check it out now!⬇️ #lagov Jeremy Alford pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/ne…

Orleans jailbreak creates political fallout in sheriff's race and beyond. #lagov ✍️ David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/or…



A Senate committee hearing on the Department of Transportation and Development package, which has passed the House, will be held next week. #lagov #lalege ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/transportat…

.U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. and John Kennedy are urging the Trump administration to stop using a pricing method implemented under President Joe Biden that has led to higher costs for flood insurance in Louisiana and elsewhere. #lagov ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/bi…

The contract to provide the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program tests expires in 2027, which means the procurement process is a top agenda item for the current Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. #lagov ✍️David Jacobs pro.stateaffairs.com/la/education/b…

For the first time since 2013, Louisiana’s increasingly swollen Constitution won’t be expanded this year. #lagov #lalege ✍️David Jacobs, Jeremy Alford pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/lo…