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Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the governor’s seat. Now they’re girding for a fight
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As transgender people in Louisiana watched surrounding states in the deeply conservative South implement a slew of ...
New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Politics and race are both factors in a pending court challenge of Louisiana’s new congressional maps. How much ...
A lawsuit seeks to block Louisiana’s new congressional map that has 2nd mostly Black district
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature’s redrawn congressional map giving the state a second mostly Black district is being challenged by ...
Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry to be inaugurated Sunday, returning state’s highest office to GOP
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, a Republican endorsed by former President Donald Trump and known for his conservative ...
A look back at Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ eight years in office
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — It was 2012 and Louisiana was spiraling toward a historic budget crisis, with public colleges bracing for ...
Advice from a Democratic Unicorn
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — He won’t make any lists of 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls, but both parties would do well to learn ...
Decimated by Division, Louisiana Democrats Lost Before Balloting
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Before a single ballot was cast, Louisiana Democrats knew they couldn’t win control of the state Legislature this year. It was mathematically ...
