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In Case You Missed it in LaPolitics Weekly
Here’s what you may have missed in the latest issue of LaPolitics Weekly, published last week…
—HIRING AND FIRING: Legislation to weaken Civil Service protections and shake up the Civil Service Commission is likely to be filed again next year…
—MORE SPECIAL SESSIONS?: Along with a potential tax-focused special session, lawmakers may find themselves convening to focus on insurance issues…
—LaPOLITICS Q&A: “When [a hurricane] stays in the cone and it’s 3,000 miles out at sea, nobody cares. But when it stays in the cone and shifts 50 miles in Louisiana, that creates a big footprint for somebody and no footprint for somebody else,” State Climatologist Jay Grymes said…
—FIELD NOTES: Though Baton Rouge is not in his district, Congressman Clay Higgins has announced his endorsement of Sid Edwards, a Republican running for East Baton Rouge Parish mayor-president with the backing of the local GOP…
—SHOP TALK: Local governments are doing IT for themselves, with help…
—OUR HISTORY: The first commercial oil well in Louisiana history was drilled in Evangeline (near Jennings) in September of 1901…
—THEY SAID IT: “Keep your November open. ‘Course, I told you to keep August open, too.” —Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson, to lawmakers about a possible tax-focused special session
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