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• Chicken fingers, billboards, ships: See the top 15 companies in Louisiana, according to Forbes June 1, 2026
  New Orleans-based Entergy and family-owned Boh Brothers Construction were named among the top companies in Louisiana by Forbes Magazine.
  BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer
• La. Legislature passes changes to bill cutting New Orleans judges. See who’s on the chopping block. June 1, 2026
  The Louisiana House on Monday put the finishing touches on legislation to downsize several courts in New Orleans, advancing a bill that re-emerged with changes to both the number of judges on the chopping block and which ones.
  BY MATT BRUCE | Staff writer
• Louisiana Legislature passes bill to take money from Orleans DA, give more to other districts June 1, 2026
  BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
• Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, queen of Carnival and New Orleans philanthropist, dies at 93 May 31, 2026
  Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, a queen of Carnival who became a lawyer and philanthropist whose gifts of money, determination and leadership helped save New Orleans’ symphony orchestra, died Saturday in her sleep at her New Orleans home, her granddaughter Mary Beth…
  BY JOHN POPE | Contributing writer
• NORD CEO Larry Barabino Jr. resigns after 7 years in office for new role at Housing Authority May 31, 2026
  New Orleans Recreation and Development Commission CEO Larry Barabino Jr. resigned from his post Friday to take on a new role at the Housing Authority of New Orleans, opening the door for new leadership to steer the department through its…
  By JONI HESS | Staff writer
• Louisiana’s new budget has raises for prison guards, judges. Teacher pay is still unresolved. May 29, 2026
  BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
• Louisiana could give some parishes money to hire more prosecutors — at New Orleans’ expense May 29, 2026
  Judicial districts across Louisiana could get more prosecutors as a bill to give district attorneys more money to hire them nears final passage in the Legislature, with the most new funds slated for East Baton Rouge Parish and St. Tammany…
  BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
• Should Louisiana governors only get two terms? Voters will be able to decide. May 29, 2026
  Voters will decide in November whether Louisiana should block governors from ever serving more than two terms, though questions are swirling around whether that rule would apply to those who have already served.
  BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
• These are the books that Louisiana executives are reading this summer May 29, 2026
  School's out. Humidity is on the rise. Hurricane season is just around the corner. And it's the perfect opportunity — whether at a shady park, on a sandy beach or in an air-conditioned living room — to sit back, relax…
  BY JONAH MEADOWS | Staff writer
• Jefferson Parish, St. Tammany leaders stress need to prepare ahead of hurricane season May 28, 2026
  Leaders of Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes on Thursday stressed the need for residents to make preparations ahead of the June 1 start of hurricane season, as officials noted that rapid intensification of storms makes evacuations more difficult and a…
  BY MARCO CARTOLANO AND WILLIE SWETT | Staff writers