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    Perspectives

    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...

    Quentin Anthony Anderson
    by Quentin Anthony Anderson 4 months ago4 months ago
  • 2900
    Elections, Law & Justice, National, News, Politics

    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...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 4 months ago4 months ago
  • 1090
    Law & Justice, News, Politics

    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...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 4 months ago4 months ago
  • 8610
    Elections, Events, National, News, Politics

    In Louisiana’s Senate Primary, the Debate Was Over the Messenger

    At Southern University on Tuesday night, Louisiana’s three Democratic U.S. Senate candidates offered less of an ideological clash than three different arguments about what kind...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 5 months ago4 months ago
  • 3940
    Elections, Events, News, Politics

    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...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 5 months ago5 months ago
  • 2310
    Elections, National, News, Politics, Videos

    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...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 6 months ago6 months ago
  • 1110
    Local Government, News

    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...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 6 months ago6 months ago
  • 1580
    News, Policy 101, Politics, State Government

    2026 Legislative Session Preview: What’s Actually on the Line When Lawmakers Gavel In

    When the Louisiana Legislature gavels in at noon on Monday, March 9, lawmakers will face a crowded slate of prefiled bills that signal where the...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 6 months ago6 months ago
  • 1080
    Policy 101, Politics, State Government

    The Louisiana Legislature Convenes March 9. Here’s How Power Moves at the Capitol.

    At noon on Monday, March 9, lawmakers will gavel in the 2026 Regular Session. They have until June 1 to pass laws, shape state policy,...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 6 months ago6 months ago
  • 830
    Elections, News, Politics, State Government

    Lone Democrat Faces Voters as GOP Rivals Skip District 69 Forum

    In the race to fill Louisiana’s House District 69 seat, voters were promised a comprehensive look at their future representative. But when the microphones went...

    The Bayou Progressive
    by The Bayou Progressive 6 months ago6 months ago

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