Civil service employees are afforded certain protections under state law. As part of those protections, all employees who ...

After Gov. Jeff Landry earlier this month attempted to remove civil service protections for hundreds of engineers and attorneys across state government, a broader effort to give Louisiana elected ...

The House and Governmental Affairs Committee discussed discontinuing the Department of State Civil Service this week. The State Civil Service statutory term is to be discontinued officially by Jan. 1 ...

The number of state employees in Louisiana increased 5.4% from 2021 through 2024, but staffing shortages remain across most state agencies with an average vacancy rate of 14%, according to a recent ...

From right, Commissioners Codi Plaisance and D. Scott Hughes, listen to testimony at a Louisiana State Civil Service Commission meeting on Feb. 5, 2025. (Photo: Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) Gov.

Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration is trying to permanently remove civil service employment protections for hundreds of attorneys and engineers in agencies across state government. But that plan ran ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Reaction continues to come in after Governor Jeff Landry’s executive order calling for a state job hiring freeze. “I think it’s a direct reprimand of the people of Louisiana ...

The Louisiana State Civil Service Commission has denied a request from Landry to remove its protected status from any future hirings for 394 attorney and 506 engineer positions in state government, ...