Here’s what you may have missed in the latest issue of LaPolitics Weekly, published last week…

—BATTLE FOR BATON ROUGE: The leading Democratic candidates for East Baton Rouge mayor-president are splintering the region’s legislative delegation while testing the bonds of their own friendship, in a contest may become a case study for how Republican voters can greatly influence outcomes in Democratic strongholds on the municipal level…

—CC24 PROSPECTS REMAIN DICEY: After several weeks of lobbying from the administration, Senate President Cameron Henry said senators still have “the same amount of questions” about Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposed constitutional convention…

—CPRA UNCERTAINTY: While an amendment to integrate the back-office functions of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority into the Department of Energy and Natural Resources was put on hold before being publicly debated, it’s a signal that the Landry administration has significant changes  in store for CPRA…

—LaPOLITICS Q&A: “Serving this institution as the first female Clerk has been the greatest honor of my professional career. It’s also rewarding to meet young colleagues from across the country and encourage them to consider this kind of work as they advance in their careers,” Clerk of the House Michelle Fontenot said.

—FIELD NOTES: A class action lawsuit alleges that the Angola prison “farm line,” particularly during periods of dangerously high heat, violates the Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment…

—SHOP TALK: Want to reach voters in Spanish this cycle? Better know your history…

—OUR HISTORY: Louisiana’s second constitution was completed during mid-May of 1845, though its problems were apparent almost immediately and voters replaced it with a new document seven years later…

—THEY SAID IT: “Jeff is not some right-wing nut who is trying to take away someone’s right to recover from injuries.” —District Attorney Tony Clayton, commenting on the governor’s approach to tort reform legislation, in The Advocate.

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