Democrats may have lost big in last fall’s House legislative races, but their alliance with moderate Republicans in the Speaker election appears to have paid off. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Pat Brister, former president of St. Tammany Parish and Chairwoman of the Louisiana Republican Party has passed away at the age of 73. A cause of death was not given but in a statement announcing her death, Brister is described as a role model, mentor, and trailblazer for women in Louisiana politics. Brister was St. Tammany president for eight years before losing a re-election bid last November.

A Tulane survey finds compared to white callers, minorities have three to seven day longer wait times to get a call back for scheduling with a primary care physician. Professor Brig Walker says minority callers also faced more questions…
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The field study was conducted in Texas.

New Orleans-based Urban South Brewery is opening its first satellite location. Louisiana’s second-largest craft beer brewery is opening a taproom that will also serve as a research and development facility in Houston. Houston location taproom manager Marin Slanina says the expansion has been in the work for about two years.
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Slanina says the company is keeping a finger on the pulse of the ever-evolving craft beer industry and says that it could result in some beers created at the Houston location making its way to taps at the mothership location.