Boss costs: Big salaries in Jeff Landry's administration

BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | Capitol News Bureau Editor ​ ​ ​

Big salaries: Gov. Jeff Landry wants to give pay raises to 11 of his top deputies, Meghan Friedmann reports. The pay hikes, which Landry says are aimed at retaining top talent, would not be accompanied by new revenue in most cases.  

Crime costs: How much will Landry's crime laws cost Louisiana? It could take years to know, James Finn reports. But at least 15 proposals, which Landry signed into law Tuesday and Wednesday, will grow state spending. 

Mike Johnson: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, of Benton, avoided an ouster from his role and a government shutdown this week by relying in part on Democratic votes, Mark Ballard notes. Here's more on how that happened.