Governor Edwards

  Governor John Bel Edwards has signed an executive order that bans discrimination against members of the LBGT community who work for the state or receive services from the state. The Governor's actions follow in the foot steps of former Democrat governors Edwin Edwards and Kathleen Blanco with one major exception: Governor Edwards executive order has language spelling out explicitly the inclusion

The TOPS scholarship program is likely to undergo some profound changes due to the $750 million dollar budget shortfall, according to Governor John Bel Edwards. "We have a very difficult job ahead of us to allocate these limited dollars across a multitude of priorities and TOPS is one of those.", E...

All of Louisiana has been declared an emergency and Governor Edwards says when they come up with an estimate on the damage he expects it to be in the millions. Edwards was in Shreveport to meet with residents and get a look at the damage for himself. "I ...