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The Advocate - Politics

Going to the DMV could get easier as Louisiana replaces 50-year-old system: 'It'll be quick'

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Gonzales council fails to introduce budget, further ratcheting up the city's financial dispute

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Trump has chosen a Mandeville native to direct the country's coinmaking at U.S. Mint

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Louisiana's DOGE: What Gov. Jeff Landry thinks government can learn from business

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Public servant or dirty trickster? How Wade Petite took center stage in Gonzales politics.

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Many people view Louisiana's Huey Long as a demagogue. A new book offers a different view.

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Trump's Louisiana nominees are held up by other fights. Here's how it's unfolding.

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Former state veterans leader David LaCerte nominated to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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Eric Skrmetta announces Senate campaign, giving Bill Cassidy another challenger in Louisiana

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Eric Skrmetta, a Louisiana PSC member, is running for Bill Cassidy's U.S. Senate seat

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Jeff Landry and Tim Temple spar again over how to limit insurance rate increases in Louisiana

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Clay Higgins pushes to censure colleague accused of interfering with immigration officers

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After Legislature passes Baton Rouge bills, Metro Council pushes for more lobbying muscle

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Louisiana's Clay Higgins misses out on becoming chair of House Homeland Security Committee

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How Louisiana's Mike Johnson is dealing with the 'Epstein files' controversy

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Prices are rising on Affordable Care Act marketplace policies. About 290k Louisianans have them

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Joseph Bouie's move to Southern University New Orleans will prompt scramble for his Senate seat

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Gov. Jeff Landry shakes up leadership at Louisiana's struggling child welfare agency

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How Speaker Mike Johnson juggled infighting over Epstein files to get legislation passed

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What will Julia Letlow do next? It's the biggest question in Louisiana politics.

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Top Louisiana GOP political figures weigh in on library employee gender pronoun controversy

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Louisiana woman who evacuated campers from Camp Mystic during Texas floods gets high honor

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Mid-Barataria Diversion, Louisiana's biggest coastal project, now officially dead

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Trump nominates Paul Hollis, BESE member and former St. Tammany legislator, to run U.S. Mint

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Kurt Wall nomination for Baton Rouge-area U.S. attorney advances despite Emil Bove fight

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Mike Johnson says 'put it out there' on Epstein files, while Trump dismisses them

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President Donald Trump signs fentanyl bill sponsored by Louisiana's Bill Cassidy into law

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Gov. Jeff Landry names Lafourche Parish president to lead new state transportation office

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