State agriculture regulators have cleared Louisiana's first batch of medical marijuana for release to pharmacies, ending months of delays getting the product cleared for patients.
John Davis, the head GB Sciences Louisiana, said medical marijuana will be released to pharmacies on Tuesday and that's when the first patients can get access to the drug.
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture an
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Editor's Note: This story was updated on July 26, 2017 to correct the number of states that raised both gas taxes and other fees.
Motorists don’t like to pay more at the pump, and lawmakers worry that if they raise taxes on gasoline, they’ll be voted out of office. But states rely on those taxes to build and maintain roads and bridges. With revenue lagging, those structures have been fallin
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Elected officials, staffers, lobbyists, donors, consultants, department heads and practically everyone else in the inner orbit of Louisiana politics are packing their bags and making final arrangements for the annual Mardi Gras soirée this week in Washington, D.C. Culminating in a dinner-dance and ball this weekend, the multi-day event transplants the Bayou State’s political class to the Beltwa
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Louisiana’s roads and bridges are beset by dwindling dollars, pressing needs and the lack of any sweeping solutions on the horizon.
Even amid a $12.3 billion backlog of transportation infrastructure projects, nearly $91 million — roughly equal to 3 cents of the state’s 20-cents-per-gallon gasoline tax — is set to be diverted to the State Police and other services.
“We are spending it
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Within walking distance of their day jobs as lobbyists, Cheryl McCormick and Derrell Cohoon enjoy a home with history. A shared passion for politics makes long days spent inside Louisiana’s Capitol rewarding for Derrell Cohoon and Cheryl McCormick. But when Friday evening comes around, this husband-and-wife team of lobbyists takes a different view of the towering building—as seen from the step
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Despite the fact that Democrats no longer hold a single statewide elected office in the state, Louisiana is said to be among the nation’s most politically competitive in a new Gallup analysis based on its polling of voter sentiment last year in all 50 states.
Gallup says its analysis is based on interviews with about 177,000 adults, who were asked whether they identify more with the Democrati
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If you squint just so, and look out with the right kind of eyes, you can almost see the Legislature unfurling the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger. Lawmakers with swords between teeth are on the verge of hoisting the flag to temporarily replace our bleeding mother pelican. They are the Brothers Lafitte to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s William C.C. Claiborne, each calling for a bounty on the other.
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