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Trump and Landry
President Donald Trump speaks with Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung (right), Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (center) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., (left) at an investment announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Louisiana’s digital wallet gets approved for airports, federal buildings

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry says his state's LA Wallet app can now be used to pass through airports and enter federal courthouses and other federal facilities.
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Jeff Landry
U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry joined by about 20 members of the Republican House of Representatives freshman class, calls on the Senate pass the budget that cleared the House last April during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol October 4, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Louisiana governor vetoes political deepfakes bill

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed a bill limiting the use of artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes. Similar laws are passing easily in other states.
Dickie Howze
Richard “Dickie” Howze chats in the hallway between sessions of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Longtime Louisiana employee and first statewide CIO Dickie Howze has retired

Richard "Dickie" Howze, who led Louisiana's first consolidated IT department over the past decade, stepped down as the state welcomed a new governor.
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