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reporter covering Louisiana politics ( and ). Grad of and . Hoarder of budget documents. Football fan. mdeslatte@ap.org

Baton Rouge, LA
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  1. Feb 28

    Right around 1,100 bills have been filed for the legislative session that starts March 9. Lawmakers can still file five bills each after today's pre-filing deadline.

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    Feb 28

    John Bel Edwards to convene top state leads to discuss preparations for coronavirus via

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  3. Feb 28

    board to study possible changes to system president's job, including whether to split chancellor duties back into separate position (from )

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    Feb 28

    Who's running for Louisiana Congressman 's seat? via

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    Feb 28

    Jefferson Parish schools superintendent Cade Brumley applies to be state superintendent of education. Deadline is 5 pm.

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  6. Feb 28

    Lawmakers have until 5 pm today to prefile their bills for the legislative session. After that, limits on additional bill filings kick in.

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    Feb 27

    BREAKING: President and legend Ronnie Anderson retiring after 31 years. Longest serving state president in America via

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  8. Feb 27

    Night ban for Mississippi River pilot travel on again between New Orleans and Baton Rouge via ⁦⁩

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  9. Feb 27

    Top education official announces bid for state superintendent of education via
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  10. Feb 26

    Louisiana is among 39 states investigating Juul’s marketing (from )

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  11. Feb 26

    Louisiana state Sen. Cleo Fields is seeking to undo the penalties that the Board of Regents just adopted for universities that violate admissions standards; Fields' proposal will be considered in the session that begins March 9 (from )

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  12. Feb 26

    Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham announces he won't run again for Louisiana's 5th District congressional seat (from )

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  13. Feb 26

    . announces he won't seek reelection this fall. He says when he ran six years ago, he said he'd only serve three terms and will honor that pledge.

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    Feb 26

    The state budget is once again filed as HB105 instead of HB1 because lawmakers and the governor could not agree on a revenue forecast.

    New Bill Filed: HB105 (APPROPRIATIONS) by "Zee" Zeringue (R - Houma)
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    Feb 26

    Scott Angelle, the Louisiana native who heads up the offshore oil industry's main regulator, told an engineer to delete language that showed changes in a major well safety rule would contradict guidance from the agency's own experts.

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  16. Feb 26

    Sen. has filed the latest proposal to legalize sports betting in Louisiana: Will be considered in the legislative session that begins March 9.

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  17. Feb 26

    Gov. John Bel Edwards calls on Louisiana district judge to resign after racial slurs (from )

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  18. Feb 26

    Facing public health threat, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy attempts to revive funding for coronavirus via

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  19. Feb 24

    Safety group to convene after Mardi Gras float deaths (from )

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    Feb 24

    . is headed to DC for a meeting about coastal issues. His office doesn’t say who he’s meeting with

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