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Transgender bathroom bill filed in Legislature

BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | Capitol News Bureau Editor ​ ​ ​

Transgender bathroom bill: Louisiana lawmakers want to codify same-sex restrictions on bathrooms and other spaces at public schools, domestic violence shelters and prisons, Meghan Friedmann reports. Gov. Jeff Landry supports the bill.  


Landry and insurance: Republicans' strategy to stem the state's insurance crisis came into sharper focus Wednesday, with a possible deal between insurers and trial lawyers advancing and Landry breaking with the insurance industry on key issues. Sam Karlin and James Finn have the story. 


ESA bill filed: Louisiana would give parents thousands of taxpayer dollars a year to pay for private school under a bill filed Monday in the state Legislature. The bill is backed by the governor; Patrick Wall has the details. 

Political Buzz

Louisiana bill would give state officials new powers over local sewage, water systems

Louisiana officials would secure new powers over struggling local sewage and water systems under a bill advanced Tuesday by the state Senat… Read more

New investigation explains how Louisiana DCFS failed to ‘get this kid somewhere safe’

Louisiana child welfare workers “took no action whatsoever” to try to ensure the safety of 2-year-old Mitchell Robinson III, who overdosed and died from fentanyl in 2022 in Baton Rouge and whose death is the subject of a newly released investigation from the Office of the State Inspector General. Read more

 
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Numbers to Know

If House Bill 745 becomes law:

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By fall 2027, any family could apply for a state-financed scholarship to a private school 

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Source: Louisiana Legislature

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