Stephen Waguespack, the head of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, joined Brian on the show to discuss what’s going on at the state capitol. Waguespack talks... (Continue)
The City of New Orleans is joining six parishes in a lawsuit alleging the oil and gas industry is to blame for the coastal erosion that is eating away at... (Continue)
Several business leaders are backing a bill—set to be heard Tuesday in committee—to reduce auto insurance rates in Louisiana, but the industry pushing the hardest is... (Continue)
Aiming to remedy what it calls a statewide “automobile insurance rate epidemic,” the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry has joined a coalition of roughly 30 companies and business... (Continue)
The Louisiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a statewide framework for ridesharing in the state, just as more than 40 states across the country have passed. Now, Louisianians have the opportunity... (Continue)
A bill aimed at changing Louisiana’s jury system in an effort to reduce the high cost of auto insurance cleared the state House last week and is awaiting... (Continue)
In an effort to increase support for his proposed gasoline tax to fund highway construction projects, Baton Rouge Rep. Steve Carter is scrapping a controversial provision that called for redirecting... (Continue)
It’s an election year in Louisiana; the governor’s race front and center, of course. But the Legislature is currently in session with several buzz worthy items... (Continue)
Louisiana legislators have never hesitated to approve constitutional amendments that let voters decide controversial issues they consider too hot to handle themselves. However, when it is an issue with which... (Continue)
A House committee on Monday endorsed several changes that supporters hope will create a legal environment that will lead to lower automobile insurance rates. Louisiana currently has the second-highest average... (Continue)
Tim Stine, the Chief Financial Officer of Stine Home and Yard company, said since the last legislative session, there’s a problem with enticing new start-ups in the Lake... (Continue)
Have you noticed your Automobile Insurance costs have become harder to afford? As if our hard- earned dollars weren’t already being stretched thin, Louisiana is officially the... (Continue)
A Houma state representative has proposed legislation that could lead to the consolidation of all sales tax collections and, he says, bring Louisiana in line with a 2018 U.S. Supreme... (Continue)
Louisiana business interest groups are seeking more transparency when it comes to the selection of judges, citing the state's history of challenges related to trials and litigation, many of... (Continue)
Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) President & CEO Stephen Waguespack is coming to northwest Louisiana to offer the perspective of the statewide business community on the upcoming legislative... (Continue)
When Baton Rouge school board officials in January delivered the city’s first denial of an Industrial Tax Exemption Program request to ExxonMobil, business groups rushed to condemn the... (Continue)
According to a Fox News report, Louisiana lawmakers plan to address the state's notoriously high auto-insurance rates in the next legislative session. Louisiana has long been... (Continue)
In training: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has selected Camille Conaway, senior vice president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, to participate in its business... (Continue)
Acadiana business leaders met Friday morning to look ahead at the 2019 legislative session and discuss Louisiana's business climate. Several big issues will be decided in the upcoming session, issues... (Continue)
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