Louisiana Politics

Jeff Landry taps former Trump official as LDEQ chief

BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | Capitol News Bureau Editor

Landry taps LDEQ chief: Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has tapped former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith Giacometto to head Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality, James Finn reports.

JBE redistricting: Gov. John Bel Edwards is mulling whether to force lawmakers to create a new congressional district map after an appeals court gave the state until Jan. 15 to do so, Tyler Bridges reports. Landry has said he will convene lawmakers, but Edwards says Landry may be too late.

Tangi sheriff: For the past 56 years, either an Edwards or a Layrisson has helmed the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office. That will come to end next year after Daniel Edwards retires and a new sheriff steps in, Bridges reports.

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Numbers to Know

1,300 more oil and gas jobs could materialize over the next three years in Louisiana

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Industry invested $212B in refining, chemical and energy export projects along the Gulf Coast between 2011 and 2022

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Half of those projects were in Louisiana

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In the coming years, another $170B in similar projects are slated for Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states

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Source: LSU

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