Tomorrow is Election Day, and by all accounts Louisiana voters have a strong interest in the outcome. It might seem that interest is more intense this year – and certainly the shattering of early voting records tends to reinforce that idea – but in recent years, voters have consistently turned out in high numbers when […]

There has been much discussion about whether the second special session of the year was needed and, perhaps, even more about what it actually accomplished. That could likely be debated for days. But lawmakers did make some positive steps in several areas, even though much of the session was dominated by a single issue: how […]

In this most unusual of years, let us not forget to do one of our most normal, civic of duties: VOTE.  In Louisiana, early voting for the November 3rd election begins tomorrow, Friday, October 16. It will continue everyday (except Sundays) through October 27. Voters have a full ballot this year: President, U.S. Senator, U.S. […]

This year, besides voting for U.S. president, one U.S. senator, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, various judges and local officials, and the future of sports betting, voters will also have to decide the fate of seven constitutional amendments. While that is nowhere near the record, it is a significant number. Though the amendment […]

Back in 1995, Mike Foster seemed an unlikely candidate making a long-shot bid to lead the state of Louisiana. To most people, he was a big unknown. But he surprised all the “experts” and emerged from a field that included former-governor Buddy Roemer, and future U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, to become a two-term governor who […]

On September 10, Governor John Bel Edwards authorized the state to move into Phase 3 reopening in Louisiana’s continuing response to COVID-19. While that had a significant effect on what many businesses could do in offering services to the public, perhaps nowhere was the impact more profound than in public education. CABL has reviewed school […]

There had been talk of a special session in the fall since early summer, but as recently as a week or so ago, it didn’t seem to be on the immediate horizon. But over the weekend the chatter began picking up and by Monday, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House had […]

Alumni of CABL’s Leadership Louisiana program are always in the middle of major issues, events, and happenings in Louisiana. That’s true once again in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. It’s unfortunate, but also uplifting. Louisiana happens to be a disaster-prone state, or at least it feels that way to all of us who live here. […]

It seems particularly ironic that just shy of the 15th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, an even more powerful storm named Laura rammed through the southwest Louisiana coast bringing with it hundreds of miles of devastation. It’s a reminder of how vulnerable we are, but it also showcases many of our strengths. The silver […]

As students return to school for both elementary and secondary classes and higher education, we all know the settings will be much different than any time before. The COVID crisis has led to a wide variety of approaches to instruction that are unprecedented, to say the least. One thing most of them will have in […]