Governor Jeff Landry says constitutional convention is 'rushed' to allow most voters a say on the ballot

BATON ROUGE - Governor Jeff Landry hosted a press conference discussing the looming constitutional convention set for the end of the current legislative session. The idea for a convention has been floating around legislature for weeks, but ultimately passed in a vote Wednesday night. For months Gov. Jeff Landry has criticized the state's constitution. He says the document, which has more than 200 amendments, is "bloated, outdated, antiquated, and abused." The convention, if ag