In late 2015 in a bipartisan vote, Congress passed the “Every Student Succeeds Act,” or ESSA. It replaced the old “No Child Left Behind” law and now a year later it’s starting to get attention both in Louisiana and states across the country.   ESSA deals with a variety of things, but in the big […]

CABL’s 2016 Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon Keynote: Governor John Bel Edwards Thursday, December 8th, 2016 Registration – 9:00 a.m. 2016 Membership Meeting – 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Morning Panel Discussion – 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. KeyNote Address and Luncheon – 12:15 p.m. Adjourn – 1:30 p.m. Morning Panel Discussion: Louisiana Longshot by Tyler Bridges […]

Certainly this election season there has been a huge focus on the presidential race. The U.S. Senate race, after a somewhat slow start, is also starting to draw a lot of attention. And depending on where you live, there are some lively local and regional races on the ballot But not to be lost in […]

CABL was pleased to serve on the Task Force on Structural Change in Budget and Tax Policy. From our perspective, the group’s final recommendations represent a strong step forward for Louisiana in suggesting a permanent tax structure to replace the temporary actions approved by the Legislature in the 2016 legislative sessions. It was our goal […]

CABL’s 2016 Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon Governor John Bel Edwards State of the State Address Thursday, December 8th, 2016 Registration – 9:00 a.m. 2016 Membership Meeting – 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Morning Panel Discussion – 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. KeyNote Address and Luncheon – 12:15 p.m. Adjourn – 1:30 p.m. L’Auberge Casino Hotel  777 […]

CABL was pleased to serve on the Task Force on Structural Change in Budget and Tax Policy. From our perspective, the group’s final recommendations represent a strong step forward for Louisiana in suggesting a permanent tax structure to replace the temporary actions approved by the Legislature in the 2016 legislative sessions.

This year there are six amendments to the state constitution on the November 8 ballot. Four of them – amendments 2, 3, 5 and 6 – can clearly be viewed as substantive and we hope voters will take a few minutes to review those closely. We support three of those amendments. Two other amendments are […]

CABL has released it’s recommendations on the constitutional amendments on the November 8 ballot.

CABL was pleased to host the first, statewide televised debate in Louisiana’s U.S Senate race with our broadcast partner Louisiana Public Broadcasting.

CABL morns the loss of our immediate past chair, Mr. Robert “Bob” Hamm.