Flight records show Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards (D.) used the state-owned helicopter reserved solely for official business to take a trip that included a campaign event. 
A Louisiana lawyer joined a growing number of attorneys challenging the payment of mandatory membership dues to state bar associations. 
MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing referred to a Louisiana Republican's belief that there are only two genders as "incendiary" on Friday. 
Businesses owed the state about $785 million in unpaid taxes at the end of the fiscal year that concluded June 30, 2018, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor says. A flood of California political contributions went to Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards (D.) after he took a taxpayer-funded trip to Los Angeles that he said was aimed at boosting his state’s business relationship with the film industry. 
Democratic Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards (D.) damaged his standing with likely voters in his own party by signing restrictive abortion legislation, with many saying they'd be open to opposing his reelection and supporting a primary challenger, according to a new poll. 
Louisiana Democrats chose to delay a ballot initiative on abortion due to a calculation that it could hurt 2019 reelection bids by Democrats such as Gov. John Bel Edwards. 
New polling in Louisiana found that less than half of Democrats in the state are committed to voting to reelect Democratic governor John Bel Edwards, who will be on the ballot for reelection later this year.
Pro-life Democrats see a clear path to victory for the party in 2020 and beyond if they follow the example of Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards, rather than the lawmakers pushing unlimited abortions. 
Louisiana Democratic governor John Bel Edwards intends to sign legislation that would prohibit abortions once a heartbeat is detected after it received bipartisan backing in the state legislature. 