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EDWARDS SURPRISED BY PAY RAISES
During the final months of former Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tenure, his office and cabinet heads implemented millions of dollars worth of pay raises for state employees and made nearly two dozen board and commission
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THE RACE FOR BOUSTANY’S SEAT
In the 4th Congressional District, which is being vacated by Congressman John Fleming of Minden as he prepares to run for the U.S. Senate, several names are starting to crop up. State Rep. Jim
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STATE GOP FACES TRANSITION
As the next governor and Legislature segue into a new term, the Louisiana Republican Party is transitioning into a new era as well. Its top leadership role is up for grabs as questions percolate
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TANGLED WEB IN 3RD DISTRICT
With Congressman Charles Boustany, a Lafayette Republican, apparently abandoning the 3rd District to run for the U.S. Senate in 2016, a long and complicated line of potential successors is forming up. The latest name
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BOUSTANY LANDS CHOICE SUB CHAIR
On Capitol Hill, where you sit is who you are. And Congressman Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, has a pretty nice chair waiting for him in D.C. He was just chosen to lead the Ways and
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ATTACKS GET NASTY
Challenger Beryl Adams Amedee stirred up controversy in House District 51, stretching across Terrebonne, Lafourche and Assumption parishes, with a radio ad attacking incumbent Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville. The 60-second spot, which featured a
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ENDORSEMENTS IN GOVERNOR’S RUN-OFF
Two of the strongest forces in Louisiana politics have already taken sides for the Nov. 21 runoff in the governor’s race, with sheriffs coalescing behind state Rep. John Bel Edwards and an influential faction
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STATE SENATE CANDIDATE ARRESTED
In a strange twist to a quiet race in northeast Louisiana’s Senate District 35 race, candidate Stuart Cathey turned himself in to be arrested at the Monroe Police Dept. for an unpaid seatbelt violation
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LOTS OF LAUGHS FROM LEGISGATOR
The recent LegisGator banquet in Lake Charles, organized annually by the SWLA Economic Development Alliance, provided just as many chuckles as it usually does, beginning with U.S. Sen. David Vitter. During his opening remarks,
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OIL PRICES GET POLITICAL
While oil prices, and predictions about where they’re going, don’t paint a pretty picture for the state of Louisiana, we’re unlikely to see a true and complete portrait of their effect on the current
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