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Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing lawmakers to support a new partisan primary system for federal, state and judicial elections.
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A federal judge gave Louisiana lawmakers until the end of January to redraw the state's congressional map.
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James "Jimmy" LeBlanc previously worked for both Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, and Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal.
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Louisiana is the only state with a “jungle” primary, but just eight other states in the country — and only Florida and Kentucky in the South — have closed primaries.
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A federal court gave Louisiana’s Legislature a January deadline to redraw the state’s congressional map in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act. That likely means lawmakers will have to include a second majority-Black district.
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Monday marked a new era of conservative leadership in Louisiana, as Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, other statewide elected officials and a GOP-dominated legislature took office.
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Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has been inaugurated. The inauguration was originally scheduled for Monday. It was pushed up a day due to weather concerns.
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The company in question was accused of storing waste without a license and spilling toxic waste into the environment about a decade ago in Montana.
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Landry plans to expand the use of state troopers in New Orleans but has offered few details about what their expanded role will entail.
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At least five members of his new transition team are campaign donors.