Tia LeBrun Switches to No Party in Newly Redrawn 3rd District Race
Tia LeBrun, who entered Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District race as a Democrat, announced that she has changed her party registration and will now run as...
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Landry Signs New Congressional Map, Leaving Louisiana With One Majority-Black District
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed Louisiana’s newest congressional map into law, locking in another dramatic rewrite of the state’s U.S. House districts after years of...
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Southern Democrats warn Louisiana redistricting fight could reshape Black representation across the South
Democratic lawmakers from Louisiana, Texas, Georgia and Mississippi gathered at the Louisiana State Capitol on Wednesday to warn that Louisiana’s latest congressional redistricting fight is...
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Jay Morris Helped Meta’s Data Center Deal. Then He and His Partners Sold Land to Power It.
State Sen. Jay Morris (R-West Monroe) helped move one of the biggest corporate development projects in Louisiana history. Then he and his business partners sold land...
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Jamie Davis Won Because He Understood the Democratic Electorate That Actually Showed Up
Jamie Davis did not win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate outright Saturday night. But he did win the first round decisively. And the reason...
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Nick Albares Ends U.S. Senate Campaign After Louisiana Democratic Primary
Nick Albares has ended his campaign for U.S. Senate, effectively clearing the way for a Democratic runoff between Jamie Davis and Gary Crockett after a...
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Trump’s $1.7 Billion Slush Fund Shows Reparations Are Only “Extreme” When the Wrong People Are Owed
It turns out reparations are not unrealistic. They are not too complicated. They are not inherently divisive. They are not some fringe fantasy that no...
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Louisiana Voters Reject St. George School District Amendment, Blocking a Dangerous New Chapter in Public School Secession
Louisiana voters on Saturday rejected the proposed constitutional amendment that would have cleared the way for the City of St. George to form its own...
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Jamie Davis Advances to Democratic Senate Runoff as Crockett Edges Albares for Second in Razor-Thin Finish
Jamie Davis finished as the top vote-getter in Louisiana’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Saturday night, but he fell short of the majority needed to...
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Louisiana Republicans Cancel The Primary, Void The Votes, Then Advance A Map To Add A GOP Seat
Louisiana’s congressional election chaos is no longer theoretical. It is now moving through the Legislature. The Louisiana Senate voted Thursday to advance a Republican-backed congressional...
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Louisiana Will Pay Millions For Ronald Greene’s Death. The Harder Question Is Why It Took Seven Years.
Nearly seven years after Ronald Greene died in the custody of Louisiana State Police, the state has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle...
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Garcia, Nyman And Fleenor Make Their Case In Baton Rouge As 5th District Race Remains In Legal Limbo
Three Democratic candidates for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District met in Baton Rouge Saturday night for a debate-style forum shaped by one of the most chaotic...
