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Scalise: Investigate Intel Power Abuse
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais Over the past few months, Capitol Hill has been plagued with rumors and innuendo regarding multiple investigations into President Donald Trump and related chatter about possible impeachment charges. Speaking
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Teacher Unions Look To Fall Elections
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais One day after word of a possible teacher walkout hit the capitol, Gov. John Bel Edwards appeared on the building’s steps to publicly urge House members to approve the
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Lt. Governor May Face A Challenge
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais After taking to Facebook to publicly acknowledge that he is considering a bid for lieutenant governor this fall, former Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Reynolds told LaPolitics that he should
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Senator Joins AG On Political Board
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais In a move that will only bolster the reach and resources of the Louisiana Committee for a Conservative Majority, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy has decided to become a board
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Team Gleason License Plate Approved
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais While a proposed hike in the state’s gasoline tax has been hogging the limelight in terms of transportation chatter at the Capitol, members of the House panel that has
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Landry Heightens Washington Profile
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais With no real opposition to speak of yet for the fall ballot, and a battle-ready war chest in the wings just in case someone gets froggy in Baton Rouge,
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Poltical History: Elaine Edwards 1978
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais Shortly before press time, elected officials, staff, journalists and other members of the Capitoland chattering class made the trek to Baton Rouge’s American Legion Hall for the annual Gridiron
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Garret Graves: Water Policy Focus
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais If you’re from Louisiana and you have a federal issue regarding water — whether it be the water you drink, the water that stinks, the water that flooded your
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$17 Million In Gubernatorial Coffers
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais The various candidates and political action committees involved in this fall’s election for governor are collectively sitting on $17 million that will more than likely be spent in the
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New Marijuana Association Created
By Jeremy Alford and Mitch Rabalais A new trade association has been established in Baton Rouge to “advocate and support Louisiana’s new medical marijuana and plant-based industry.” The Louisiana Association of Therapeutic Alternatives, or LATA,
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