Sheridan White
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Will Republicans go for a clean sweep or leave Democrats with one of the six U.S. House seats? (opens the original)
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BATON ROUGE – As Louisiana lawmakers draw new congressional maps, one concern is how the changes might affect the districts of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and dilute Republican support in other areas, legislators said. Prodded by President Donald Trump, national Republican leaders have urged lawmakers in politically red states to create as many Republican districts as they can to try to maintain control of the U.S. House. After the Supreme Court struck
Less-known 5th District candidates for U.S. House express dismay about election shakeup (opens the original)
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BATON ROUGE – After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Louisiana’s congressional map unconstitutional for racial gerrymandering, candidates in the hotly contested but suddenly delayed 5th District race to replace U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow expressed varying degrees of confidence and exasperation. One collateral effect of the suspended election timeline is the disruptive impact on low-profile candidates in both parties who have limited resources to get their message out to voters. “It definitely hurts the
Education leaders tout demand for aid for associate degrees in hot fields (opens the original)
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BATON ROUGE—Demand has been so strong that a program to help residents obtain two-year associate degrees in hot fields exhausted its funding for the current fiscal year within the first six months, a state education official said Monday. Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, the commissioner of higher education, said the Murphy J. Foster Promise Program has already served about 10,000 students since it launched four years ago. “It is working, and it is important,” Reed told the Senate Finance Committee. The prog
Bills advance to tighten bail restrictions for crimes against children (opens the original)
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BATON ROUGE – Rep. Debbie Villio, R-Kenner, introduced two pieces of legislation focused on tightening Louisiana’s bail laws for individuals convicted of certain crimes against children. Both measures advanced without opposition in the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee, reflecting broad concern among lawmakers about gaps in the current system. The bills were prompted by a recent highly controversial case in which an individual convicted of aggravated rape of an 8-year-old was gr
Proposed bill aims to give state legislature more flexibility about when it meets and how it works (opens the original)
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BATON ROUGE (LSU Manship School News) - A proposal by Rep. Kyle Green, D-Marrero, is sparking debate over how, and when, Louisiana's Legislature should conduct its work. House Bill 752, advanced by a House committee on Tuesday, aims to significantly reshape the state's legislative calendar and the constitutional framework that governs it. At the heart of the bill is a proposed constitutional amendment to shift the start date of Louisiana's legislative session. Currently, the session begins in Ma
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