Investigation Finds Widespread Use of NDAs in Gov. Landry’s Office: 'What Did They Not Want Released?'

See list of NDAs signed by Landry administration since 2024: Meta, Google, Amazon, more

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration has signed hundreds of non-disclosure agreements with companies including Meta, Google, Hyundai, Amazon and more to get billion dollar business deals through. Here’s the list.

Why some Louisiana lawmakers are now backing out of NDA deals

BATON ROUGE — A handful of state legislators are trying to get out of the nondisclosure agreements that Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration has used for negotiations with companies that receive large tax breaks from the state, The Advocate reports.Some 77% of state Senators have reportedly signed nondisclosure agreements at the request of Louisiana Economic Development, the state agency tasked with courting companies to do business in the state. F…

Investigation finds widespread use of NDAs in Gov. Landry’s office: 'What did they not want released?'

Drew Hawkins of the Gulf States Newsroom discusses his report examining nondisclosure agreements inside Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration.

‘Gag order’: More than 100 Louisiana state employees signed NDAs with Gov. Landry’s office

An illustration shows the mutual nondisclosure agreement Gov. Jeff Landry signed on behalf of the "Office of the Governor" with an LLC in April 2024. Louisiana Economic Development released the document in response to a request for records involving Meta or Laidley LLC, Meta’s data center subsidiary. (Photo illustration by Drew Hawkins/Gulf States Newsroom)This story was produced in partnership with the Springboard Project at Type Investigations…