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What you might have missed in LaPolitics Weekly
Here’s what you may have missed in the latest issue of LaPolitics Weekly, published last week…
— GUBERNATORIAL PRIVILEGE: Gov. Jeff Landry has issued 138 executive orders during his first eight months in office, which is the highest single-year tally of any governor dating back to at least 1975, when our current Constitution took effect…
— LEGALITY QUESTIONABLE: Much like his first executive order, Landry is trying to establish policies for the public education system without input from the Legislature or the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education…
— LaPOLITICS Q&A: “While the celebratory nature of Louisiana is certainly part of our message, we work hard to make sure visitors know that Louisiana is for everyone… I will work with Secretary Bourgeois and Gov. Landry in any way that I can to ensure that our messages do not conflict,” said Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser…
— FIELD NOTES: Nungesser is hosting a fundraiser dubbed “Make America Laugh Again,” featuring “the singing Trump,” as seen on “America’s Got Talent”…
— SHOP TALK: How local election officials can prepare for the risks of AI…
— OUR HISTORY: According to the generally accepted version of events, Judge Benjamin Pavy’s son-in-law, Dr. Carl Weiss, approached Huey Long in a corridor and shot him at close range in the abdomen…But how accurate is the official story?
— THEY SAID IT: It’s like a great party with a rock concert and incredible people combined into one awesome weekend.” —Donald Trump Jr., on Landry’s annual Alligator Hunt fundraiser, in Rolling Stone
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