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1 week ago | 
theadvocate.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Madisonville, has introduced a bill aimed at cracking down on cockfighting and dogfighting. Co-sponsored with Sen.
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1 week ago | 
nola.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
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3 weeks ago | 
theadvocate.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
Baton Rouge voters are casting ballots today on issues that are important both locally and statewide. Across Louisiana, residents are choosing whether to approve four amendments to the Constitution. If approved, they could change how the state's courts are organized, how its tax system works and which juveniles can be charged as adults, among many other changes. Here's the full rundown on what each of them would do.
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1 month ago | 
theadvocate.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will temporarily register new commercial fishing licenses and renew old ones at field offices around South Louisiana, officials announced Tuesday. That means commercial fishermen won't need to drive to Baton Rouge, as they normally do. During the selected periods, LDWF staff will also offer information on trip tickets, the mandatory process of reporting commercial seafood catches.
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1 month ago | 
nola.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
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1 month ago | 
nola.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
They are called the Pentagon Barracks, and getting an apartment there from the House speaker is a choice perk for a state legislator. Staying at one of the red brick apartments means living in a historic building while paying cheap rent a stone’s throw from the Capitol. The courtyard in the middle serves as the focal point for gatherings hosted nearly every night by interest groups and lobbyists during the legislative session.
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1 month ago | 
nola.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
Less than three weeks before Louisiana voters are set to decide on four amendments to the state constitution, another lawsuit has been filed seeking to remove some of them from the ballot. Voice of the Experienced, a statewide advocacy group, filed the lawsuit on behalf of four residents from East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans and Tangipahoa parishes. It argues Amendments 1 and Amendments 3 are unconstitutional and should not appear on the ballot.
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1 month ago | 
theadvocate.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
Alvin R. Washington, the interim leader of the Southern University Law Center, has been selected as the center's next chancellor — and he says his "primary focus" will be improving the rate at which students pass the bar exam. "This goal is crucial for our institution's success, as it directly impacts the future careers of our students and further advances our mission of providing legal educational opportunities to the underserved and producing lawyer leaders," he said.
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2 months ago | 
nola.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
The Public Service Commission on Wednesday removed commissioner Davante Lewis as its vice chairman after he called Gov. Jeff Landry an "a**hole" on social media. On a 3-2 vote, the commission chose to replace Lewis with Commissioner Eric Skrmetta in that role on the board. The vote followed public comment from a line of people arguing the move violated Lewis' right to free speech.
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2 months ago | 
theadvocate.com | Matthew Albright |Matt Albright
Brach Myers will be the Lafayette area's new state senator after defeating Jesse Regan in a special election Saturday. In the 23rd Senatorial District race, Myers won with 55% of the vote, receiving 6,769 of 12,360 total ballots cast with all 70 precincts reporting. Regan finished with 5,591 votes in unofficial results. Both candidates are Republicans. Myers is a state representative and senior executive at LHC Group, a national home health care business.
