A new statewide poll finds Louisiana residents overwhelmingly support an open primary election system over a closed party primary. Pollster John Couvillon says 69-percent of the 600 respondents favor an open primary, which is a similar percentage to when JMC Analytics and Polling asked this same question in the first quarter of this year.
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More than 800-thousand households in Louisiana rely on SNAP benefits and Governor Jeff Landry warns those folks could not receive their federal assistance next month if the federal government shutdown continues. Jan (“yahn”) Moller, the executive director of Invest Louisiana…
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The legislature begins a special session at two this afternoon. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The LSU Presidential Search Committee is getting closer to selecting the university system’s next president. Piper Hutchinson, a reporter with the Louisiana Illuminator, says they’ll meet today to firm up plans for interviewing candidates next Wednesday to choose three finalists.