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    News, Politics, State Government

    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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    by The Bayou Progressive 3 months ago3 months ago
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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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    by The Bayou Progressive 3 months ago3 months ago
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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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    by Quentin Anthony Anderson 4 months ago4 months ago
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    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...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 4 months ago3 months ago
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    Top 5 ways the Trump 2027 budget screws Louisiana

    President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget is not law – yet. Congress still has to pass actual spending bills. But presidential budgets still...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 5 months ago5 months ago

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