Stephanie Grace

1 week ago | nola.com | Stephanie Grace

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1 week ago | theadvocate.com | Stephanie Grace

Give U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy credit for this: He usually doesn’t hide from questions. He invites them, in fact, and generally tries to make a convincing case for whatever vote or position he’s taken. Yet when it comes to defending his key, controversial vote to make professional vaccine denier Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the secretary of Health and Human Services, the physician senator from Louisiana seems to have run out of answers.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Stephanie Grace

Every year Louisiana’s governor, no matter who that is, kicks off hurricane season by urging residents to have a plan — a place to go if an evacuation is necessary and way to get there; a go-bag with vital documents, medicine and other necessities; supplies for pets and so forth. "Preparation starts with the individual," Gov. Jeff Landry said last week, before invoking the lesson learned from prior monster storms: "Preparation saves lives.” That’s true.

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Stephanie Grace

Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, sat down with columnist Stephanie Grace recently to talk about the challenges of leading a state as a member of its minority party. The conversation, which took place at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, was part of the McLeod Lecture Series. These excerpts were edited for length and clarity.

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Stephanie Grace

Gov. Jeff Landry knows about political power. He cares about it. He has spent a good part of his first year-plus in office attempting to amass it, often successfully, including through legislation aimed at centralizing appointment authority in his office. So it was quite a thing to watch Landry go to the mat during the current legislative session for a measure to give power to another elected official. An official, it should be noted, who does not want it and is unlikely to use it.