Tyler Bridges
Staff Writer at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Author of "The Flight: A Father's War, a Son's Search," "The Rise and Fall of David Duke," and co-author of "Long Shot." Nieman Fellow '12. SF Giants fan!
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1 week ago |
theadvocate.com | Tyler Bridges
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1 week ago |
shreveportbossieradvocate.com | Tyler Bridges
A high-stakes legal and political battle between Gov. Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple — one that affects everyone who has car insurance — played out in a House committee room at the State Capitol on Wednesday. After hearing from Landry, the House Insurance Committee sided with him by overwhelmingly passing a measure that he said would allow Temple to reject excessive rate increases for car insurance.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Tyler Bridges
Freshmen Republican House members are moving forward with legislation this year that will likely set up a clash with trial lawyers and Gov. Jeff Landry on measures that would make it harder for people injured in car accidents to win big payouts. Landry angered the freshmen legislators and their allies in the business community last year by killing one major piece of legislation opposed by trial lawyers and watering down several other measures before agreeing to support them.
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2 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Tyler Bridges
Five legislative leaders met with Gov. Jeff Landry and two prominent trial attorneys in Texas last week to hunt turkey and talk legislative business — including whether lawmakers will keep trying to make it harder for lawyers to collect big payouts for clients injured in car accidents.
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2 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Tyler Bridges
Marion Edwards was a self-described “nerd” in high school in Monroe, expecting to become a scientist, but instead he graduated from Loyola Law School and served as a prosecutor, judge and council member for over 50 years in Jefferson Parish. The journalism bug bit Marsha Shuler in high school, and she went on to cover Louisiana politics for 45 years.
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Louisiana's Gov. Jeff Landry political honeymoon is over. Here's what it means for legislators and voters. #lalege #lagov https://t.co/Qz0yfmw5Vw via @nolanews
Freshmen Republican lawmakers gear up for fight with trial lawyers over Louisiana car insurance. Business interests believe that Gov. Jeff Landry is too close to the trial lawyers #lalege #lagov https://t.co/aS2MHLC6ga via @theadvocatebr
Freshmen Republican lawmakers gear up for fight with trial lawyers over Louisiana car insurance #lalege #lagov https://t.co/aS2MHLC6ga via @theadvocatebr