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Jeff Landry
June 21, 2024
Ben Metzner
Only Defense of the Ten Commandments Law Just Imploded Spectacularly
Louisiana Republican Representative Lauren Ventrella failed miserably to defend the law she co-authored.
June 21, 2024
Matt Ford
Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law is Supreme Court Bait
But will the high court follow long-standing precedent or its more recent trends?
June 19, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Louisiana Obliterates Separation of Church and State With Wild New Law
The Bayou State just got one step closer to Christian nationalism.
May 29, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Louisiana Republicans Just Made Covering Police Brutality a Crime
Police in the state can now arrest people who don’t stand more than 25 feet away from them while they are on duty.
July 31, 2023
Grace Segers
The Democrats’ Battle Plan for Three Red-State Upsets
A new memo from the Democratic Attorneys General Association argues the party can flip seats in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
March 24, 2023
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Lara Bazelon
What If the Worst Crime Imaginable Never Happened?
Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall.
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