Spotlight

Louisiana State Senator Blake Miguez (District 22) proudly announces his committee assignments for the 2024 legislative sessions.

Louisiana Association of Educators (LAE) and Senator Blake Miguez have filed Senate Bill 205 (SB 205) which calls for teachers to receive additional pay for additional duties assigned outside of their normal scope of duties.

Governor Jeff Landry sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seeking federal assistance to address the recent drought that has affected our domestic crawfish industry and made prices skyrocket.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting relief for Louisiana’s crawfish industry as a result of the severe drought in 2023 and recent freeze that has devastated production.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) released a statement after the Louisiana Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee approved a plan to build a new I-10 bridge over the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles, Louisiana with $150 million from Cassidy’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will build one of the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines in partnership with Louisiana State University (LSU).

 United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the U.S. Department of Commerce will allocate $27,152,411.00 appropriated by Congress for fishery disasters to support Louisiana fisheries, seafood industries, and fishing communities affected by disasters between 2017 and 2022.

Following a federal court order, Governor Jeff Landry led us in a special session to redraw Louisiana's congressional map.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and six Republican colleagues warned the Biden administration of the disastrous economic outlook for U.S. catfish farmers and processors if it adopts a preliminary decision to significantly reduce antidumping duties on imported catfish from Vietnam.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Louisiana securing Class VI primacy—the authority to permit, site, and provide oversight of carbon storage wells in the state.