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In Case You Missed it in LaPolitics (08.27.24)
Here’s what you may have missed in the latest issue of LaPolitics Weekly, published last week…
— TWICE AS NICE: Louisiana is on the verge of doubling its membership in the Congressional Black Caucus, which could have an impact well outside of the newly drawn District 6…
— ELECTION OFFICIAL TURNOVER: Roughly a third of the state’s clerks were replaced over two election cycles, which is attributed (at least in part) to “completely false allegations of corruption and rigged elections” driving people away…
— LaPOLITICS Q&A: “When President Joe Biden decided not to accept the nomination, the party conducted an open and transparent nominating process, allowing anyone to compete for the open nomination. At the close of that nominating period, Vice President Kamala Harris was the overwhelming choice of the elected delegates to the convention,” said Rep. Kyle Green, delegate to the Democratic National Convention, explaining why he had no qualms about replacing Biden at the top of the ticket…
— FIELD NOTES: The Louisiana Motor Transport Association presented its Road Warrior Awards to Rep. Michael Melerine and Sen. Alan Seabaugh…
— SHOP TALK: Consultants speak out about mental health challenges…
— OUR HISTORY: The first wave of the expulsion that eventually brought the Acadians to Louisiana began in August of 1755…
— THEY SAID IT: “I have served 29 years as a judge. I’ve earned it.” —James Genovese, on accepting a stipend for judges right as he was leaving the Louisiana Supreme Court to become the new president of Northwestern State University, in the Illuminator
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