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Facebook Helped Registration Push
The latest voter registration period for the Nov. 8 election has concluded. But it’ll be a while until the Secretary of State’s Office knows the final tally for the number of new voters added
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Tough Session For Business The business lobby notched a small win on the final day of the legislative session when a handful of bills targeting Louisiana companies and the taxes they pay were given
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Geymann Looks To Future Having just hammered out what was thought to be an impossible compromise on Common Core, and with term limits awaiting him this fall, Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, is starting
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FIELD FOR GOVERNOR
Not Settled Tony Clayton, a special prosecutor for the 18th Judicial District Court, is considering a run for governor as speculation grows about the impact an African-American Democrat would have on the early, all-white
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VITTER COULD USE A LIGHT TOUCH
Jimmy Kimmel Live regularly features its “Mean Tweets,” in which celebrities, from Katy Perry to Larry King, read some awful things tweeted about them. A couple of weeks ago, in a segment on Congress,
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2013 LAGNIAPPE AWARDS
The Object Of Desire Award MARY LANDRIEU All year long, a lot of Louisiana Republicans were desperately yearning for what Mary Landrieu had — a seat in the U.S. Senate. In fact, in the
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR POST DRAWS INTEREST
With Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne expected to announce he’s running for governor — he already has a campaign website — the post he would vacate is attracting a large field of potential successors. Baton
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ADVICE FOR PRE-CANDIDATE VITTER
The rest of us may be out enjoying the holidays, but the family of Sen. David Vitter will be deep in reflection and prayer over whether or not Dad should run for governor. Oh,
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