Paul Braun
Paul Braun is WRKF's Capitol Access reporter.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we discuss the resignation of Cedric Richmond from his position in the President Joe Biden White House. We also get the latest news from the State Capitol and learn about violations of prisoners rights at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards has issued a state emergency declaration in response to the two tornadoes that ripped through St. Bernard Parish and other parts of metro New Orleans on Tuesday night.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we dig into the agenda for the next state legislative session. And we hear what Ukrainians living in Louisiana have to say about the Russian invasion of their home country.
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Just one day after Fat Tuesday, city officials announced that the the indoor mask mandate will be lifted in New Orleans due to falling COVID-19 numbers. The announcement also comes after AG Jeff Landry subpoenaed city officials in challenge over the city's COVID rules.
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A legislative commission tasked with researching and recommending a new voting system for Louisiana elections decided Wednesday to delay the final recommendations so members could physically inspect the different systems and machines under consideration.
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After weeks of debate, Republican state lawmakers ended Louisiana’s redistricting session by pushing through new congressional and state legislative maps that did not increase minority representation, despite Democrats’ and civil rights groups' claims that failing to do so could violate federal law.
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Edwards urged to veto congressional map after Republicans decline to add 2nd majority-Black districtDespite calls from civil rights groups to boost minority representation in the state legislature and in Congress, the Republican-controlled Louisiana Legislature wrapped up its redistricting session by approving maps that largely maintain the status quo.
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A surprise bipartisan effort to redraw Louisiana’s nearly 25-year-old state Supreme Court map and bring more minority representation to the bench died on the House floor Wednesday after the chamber’s Republican majority tabled the bill, prematurely suspending debate and preventing a vote.
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After weeks of fiery debate, Louisiana lawmakers in the House and Senate advanced proposals to redraw their own legislative districts Monday without meaningfully increasing the number of majority-Black districts in the state legislature.
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In a surprising vote, a Republican-controlled House committee advanced a proposed state Supreme Court map that increases the number of majority-Black districts for the state’s highest court. It was the first time either of the Republican-controlled committees at the center of the redistricting process advanced legislation that would create new majority-minority districts in the state.