Julie O'Donoghue (Louisiana Illuminator)
The Louisiana Illuminator-
The money was supposed to have been allocated in lieu of a permanent raise.
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Gov. Jeff Landry doesn’t want to make a public school teacher pay hike from last year permanent, frustrating teachers who have been pushing for the pay bump.
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Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing lawmakers to support a new partisan primary system for federal, state and judicial elections.
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James "Jimmy" LeBlanc previously worked for both Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, and Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal.
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Louisiana is the only state with a “jungle” primary, but just eight other states in the country — and only Florida and Kentucky in the South — have closed primaries.
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Edwards has faced a pandemic, six hurricanes, catastrophic flooding, drought, a crippling state budget shortfall, two police brutality controversies and more.
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“We can’t undo everything John Bel did, but we are going to try,” said Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, one of the most conservative members of the House who recently won a state Senate seat.
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The Office of Juvenile Justice won’t renew its contract with the controversial Ware Youth Center in Coushatta when it expires Sept. 30.
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Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry became a target for other candidates trailing him in the governor’s race at his first — and perhaps only — debate appearance.
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Landry is objecting to the participation of the Urban League, a nonpartisan Civil Rights organization with a predominantly Black membership.