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Qualifying for November election begins Wednesday

BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | Capitol News Bureau Editor ​ ​ ​

Qualifying begins: Qualifying for Louisiana's Nov. 5 election began Wednesday and runs through Friday, Meghan Friedmann reports. The presidential election aside, congressional, state Supreme Court, and other state races will be decided. Here's what to know. 


Insurance crisis: Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the slew of industry-friendly laws he stumped for this year to attract more insurers to Louisiana's fractured market are already working, as at least two new insurers are eyeing the state, Sam Karlin reports. 


LA at RNC: Louisiana's Republican delegates all voted for Donald Trump as the GOP's presidential nominee on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Julia Guilbeau has this look at who they are and how they were picked. 

Political Buzz

Louisiana lawmakers did not disclose donor flight but claim ethics law exemption

Nine lawmakers who flew with Gov. Jeff Landry to Texas last month aboard a donor’s private jet did not disclose the flight to the state Eth… Read more

Justice Jimmy Genovese needs only vote from state board to be Northwestern State president

Jimmy Genovese, an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, is virtually assured of being named as the next president of Northwest… Read more

Numbers to Know

17 minutes: How long the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board president spent scolding her colleagues for rejecting the system's interim superintendent 

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One finalist remains for the job of EBR superintendent 

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Two finalists withdrew

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Source: East Baton Rouge Parish School Board 

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