Leaders for a Better Louisiana

06/12/2026

We're excited to welcome Margaret Spellings, President and CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center, as a featured speaker at Future Louisiana: Ideas for Leadership 2026.

📍Lake Charles
📅August 19-20, 2026

Learn more and register 👇https://betterla.org/events/

06/11/2026

🎧Looking for insight on this year’s legislative session?

Adam Knapp and Barry Erwin joined the LaPolitics Report Podcast to discuss what was accomplished during the 2026 regular session, the evolving culture of the Capitol, budget issues, and more.

A big thanks to the LaPolitics Report Podcast for the opportunity to join the conversation.

Tune in here👇
https://pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/pod-session-postmortem-knapp-erwin?utm_campaign=la_podcast&utm_content=link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EspecialMail

06/09/2026

How is Louisiana doing?

A new bipartisan State of the States Report highlights both progress and persistent challenges across education, workforce, health, public safety, and quality of life.

The findings offer a valuable roadmap for where Louisiana should focus next to improve outcomes for all citizens.

📊Read our full analysis 👇:

Nonpartisan “State of the States” Report Shows Louisiana Making Some Progress But Also Reveals Persistent Gaps

06/05/2026

Check out our summary of the Louisiana Legislative session 👇
The big headline was the progress made to advance workforce needs for Louisiana, plus major changes in education and investments in economic development.
What do you think was the most important thing that was accomplished?

The end of the 2026 legislative session was dominated to some degree by discussions over the budget and the redrawing of congressional maps. But if one were to look for an underlying theme that defined the session it was the large number and wide variety of bills to strengthen Louisiana’s workforc...

06/04/2026

We're pleased to see Biz New Orleans highlight Leaders for a Better Louisiana's support for key workforce legislation passed during the 2026 Legislative Session.

These reforms will help strengthen workforce training, expand career pathways, and better connect Louisianans to opportunity as our state's economy continues to grow.

Thank you to Biz New Orleans for the coverage.

Read more 👇

BATON ROUGE – Leaders for a Better Louisiana has released its analysis of the 2026 Louisiana Legislative Session, saying lawmakers approved what the

05/26/2026

Big congrats to Cleco President & CEO and Better Louisiana Board Member Bill Fontenot and team for this important economic development win in Central Louisiana.

Read more: https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/central-louisiana-secures-3-6-billion-applied-digital-ai-factory-campus

05/22/2026

☀️Louisiana Positive Friday☀️

Louisiana ranked No. 8 in the nation in Site Selection Magazine’s economic competitiveness rankings!

From new investments to job growth, it’s great to see positive momentum across our state.

Read the full report here: https://www.businessreport.com/business/louisiana-cracks-top-10-in-site-selection-economic-competitiveness-rankings

05/16/2026

🗳️It's Election Day in Louisiana.

If you haven't voted yet, there's still time.

We've released a quick guide to help voters understand what's at stake before heading to the polls.

Read up on all of the Constitutional Amendments here👇
https://betterla.org/news/leaders-for-a-better-louisiana-releases-analysis-recommendations-on-constitutional-amendments/

05/16/2026

🗳️It's Election Day in Louisiana.

We've released a quick guide to help voters stay informed as they head to the polls.

Read up on all of the Constitutional Amendments here 👇
https://betterla.org/news/leaders-for-a-better-louisiana-releases-analysis-recommendations-on-constitutional-amendments/

05/15/2026

Louisiana is leading the nation in academic growth 📚

According to the newly released Education Scorecard from researchers at Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth, Louisiana ranks #1 in the country for reading improvement and #2 for math improvement. Louisiana is also the only state in the nation to surpass pre-pandemic achievement levels in both reading and math.

Congratulations to Louisiana's students, teachers, school leaders, and families for this incredible accomplishment and continued commitment to educational excellence. 👏

Read the full release here: https://doe.louisiana.gov:8443/about/news-releases/release/2026/05/13/louisiana-ranks-first-among-states-in-reading-growth--second-in-math-on-latest-national-education-scorecard