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Another Session Unlikely
By Jeremy Alford, Mitch Rabalais and Sarah Gamard It’s been about three months since this year’s legislative finale at the Capitol, which was plenty enough time for the Legislature’s leadership to recover and assess
Read More »Nungesser: Old Ticket-Style Politics
By Jeremy Alford, Mitch Rabalais and Sarah Gamard Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor should consider running for office together on an old-fashioned ticket, and next year’s incumbents should be watching their backs for
Read More »Candidates Of Faith As Candidates
By Jeremy Alford, Sarah Gamard and Mitch Rabalais A rather holy wave may be building for the 2019 election cycle in the form of pastors and faith-based advocates qualifying as candidates; that’s according to Rev.
Read More »State House Facing Changes
By Jeremy Alford, Sarah Gamard And Mitch Rabalais With the 2019 election cycle approaching, special interests and party operatives who traditionally play in legislative contests are more confident than ever that big changes are coming
Read More »Governor Nears $1M In Cash
By Jeremy Alford, Sarah Gamard and Mitch Rabalais Before the fundraising ban of the regular session took hold on March 12, Gov. John Bel Edwards managed to raise nearly $1 million during the first
Read More »Werner May Run Statewide
By Jeremy Alford, Sarah Gamard and Mitch Rabalais Democrat Mary Leach Werner, a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors, has been receiving overtures from political influencers about running for statewide office in 2019.
Read More »Congressmen Release Finance Info
By Jeremy Alford, Sarah Gamard and Mitch Rabalais Members of Louisiana’s U.S. House delegation recently revealed their 2017 fundraising activities. They’re collectively sitting on $3.8 million, according to the Federal Election Commission. It’s a notable
Read More »Political History: A Bankrupt Affair
By Jeremy Alford and Sarah Gamard Saturday, Nov. 11, marked the 33rd anniversary of the closing of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, which had the distinction of being the only World’s Fair to declare
Read More »Chatter Over Special Session
By Jeremy Alford and Sarah Gamard Lawmakers, administration officials, lobbyists and other government relations professionals are working under the assumption that the next special session of the Legislature will be called some time after
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