Boustany, Edwards head for Lafayette City Court runoff
Edwards took the edge on Election Day. But his margin was slim, just under 1,000 votes.
Edwards took the edge on Election Day. But his margin was slim, just under 1,000 votes.
More than 1.3 million residents voted Tuesday, reelecting the state’s Republican-heavy congressional delegation.
Representatives from SOS Kyle Ardoin’s office did not say what was causing the issue, such as higher traffic from users. They also did not say how widespread the problem was.
Source: The Advocate
Louisiana’s state Republican Party has endorsed GOP Attorney General Jeff Landry in the 2023 governor’s race to the chagrin of other top potential candidates who claim Landry is trying to rig the campaign before everyone is at the gate.
As first reported by LaPolitics Weekly, the Louisiana Republican Party executive committee voted Sunday night to endorse Landry in an effort to coalesce support behind a single candidate.
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Requests for pills shipped from overseas to Louisiana residents rose by nearly 170%, according to a new analysis of the shipments of abortion pills that was published in JAMA on Monday.
Source: The Advocate
In all, 42 people held at Ware over the last 25 years described being sexually abused by staff members; 30 employees were identified through interviews and records as having sexually abused children at Ware over that time. A majority of those interviewed said that guards had routinely punished, degraded or inflicted pain.
Source: The New York Times
The first-term mayor-president’s omissions at issue in the agency’s notices of delinquency centered around a trio of limited-liability companies owned by Guillory, his wife Jamie and their family members.
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The councils introduced an ordinance giving the council clerk a $5,000 raise, senior administrative assistant a $7,500 raise and assistant council clerk a $10,000 raise. Those raises also previously were rejected by the councils but now have council support.
Source: The Advocate
State law now requires public schools to offer voter registration on campus, but prohibits political groups. Lafayette school officials want the secretary of state to weigh in on who is, and who isn’t, partisan.
Mayor-President Josh Guillory is short-circuiting the site selection process in announcing a “tentative” deal with UL.
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