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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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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Jeff Landry’s Half-Staff Order Is Not Compassion. It Is Racial Politics Wearing Funeral Clothes.
Gov. Jeff Landry ordered flags lowered for Martha Elizabeth Odom, the 17-year-old Lafayette student killed in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana. Let’s start...
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After Supreme Court Order, Garcia-Led Lawsuit Becomes Fight Over Whether Louisiana Can Cancel an Election Already Underway
The legal fight over Louisiana’s suspended congressional primaries changed Monday night, but it did not end. The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order allowing its...
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Federal Judge Blocks Landry-Backed Law Targeting Calvin Duncan’s Clerk Seat
A federal judge on Sunday blocked Louisiana from enforcing a new state law that would have abolished the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court clerk’s office...
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Louisiana Democratic U.S. Senate candidates to face off April 21 at Southern University
With less than a month before Louisiana Democrats choose their nominee for U.S. Senate, the party’s three candidates will share a debate stage April 21...
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Tania Nyman pitches LA-5 voters on a ‘Newer Deal Democrat’ vision rooted in public schools, public services and democratic control
Democratic congressional candidate Tania Nyman is not running as a generic issue-sheet progressive. In an interview with The Bayou Progressive, Nyman framed her candidacy in...
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BREC backs off immediate push to close several Baton Rouge parks after public backlash
The Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (or “BREC”)’s effort to declare multiple Baton Rouge parks “obsolete” and move them...