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Live coverage of Governor-elect Jeff Landry's weekly press conference.

Governor-elect Jeff Landry has named former House Speaker Taylor Barras to be Commissioner of Administration, the governor's budget chief

Continuing a recent tradition in Louisiana politics, Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has named as his chief budget architect a former state lawmaker familiar with the inner workings of the states often-opaque

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Continuing a recent tradition in Louisiana politics, Governor-Elect Jeff Landry has named as his chief budget architect a former state lawmaker familiar with the inner workings

For the second time in nearly three months, the No. 2 executive in Ascension Parish government is leaving — this time to work in the administration of Gov.-elect Jeff Landry.

The American Rescue Plan, passed two years ago, provided $350 billion of flexible aid to be divided among thousands of governments. Those governments had spent just 43% of that money as of this spring

Joplin officials say they have big plans for $13.8 million of pandemic relief funds the tornado-ravaged southwestern Missouri city received under a

Joplin officials say they have big plans for $13.8 million of pandemic relief funds the tornado-ravaged southwestern Missouri city received under a two-year-old federal law. Yet the latest federal records

About 6,300 cities and counties -- nearly 1 in 4 nationwide -- showed no pandemic relief expenditures this spring, despite plans announced by many for projects with the money. About 5,100 of those listed no projects -- either planned or underway.

Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law