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.

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that the application fees for all state civil service exams are waived through December 2025. “As our state continues to grapple with an ...

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 ...

WORCESTER — In a brief sent to the state Civil Service Commission, the City of Worcester maintains that the agency does not have jurisdiction over a petition filed by three deputy police chiefs who ...

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is moving to phase out its civil service system, abolishing a bulwark against political patronage in order to give managers control to hire skilled workers ...