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  • BY STEPHANIE GRACE | Staff columnist
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The 1/6 committee hearings have been riveting television and a horrifying reality check on how close our democracy came to failure.

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The culture wars that have roiled the Louisiana Legislature in recent years, and bubbled up in towns and counties around the country, could soon be coming to a school board near you.

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Jeff Landry has never been one to hold back, and he certainly hasn’t done so since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision reversing a half-century of abortion rights.

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Louisiana is an unforgiving place to be someone who struggles. The numbers have told that story for years.

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U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise took a few moments last week to acknowledge the bravery, professionalism and fierce commitment of Capitol Police officers, and rightly so.

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If it weren’t for guns and abortion, John Bel Edwards would never have been elected governor.

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It’s tempting to say that Louisiana dodged a bullet when lawmakers sidelined state Rep. Danny McCormick’s cruel proposal to criminalize pregnant women who get abortions, and to define the conc…

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State Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, once issued a video likening masking mandates aimed at combating the spread of the coronavirus to Naziism.

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Last fall, New Orleans voters gave Mayor LaToya Cantrell a whopping 65% of the vote, after her critics failed to recruit a challenger who could give her a run for her money. That no candidate …

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U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is coming off a rough week.

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Much has been said, including by me, about the shameful behavior of the state Legislature’s Republican majority during the recent redistricting process.

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On what must have been the worst night of his long political career, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona summoned his best self. Conceding the 2008 presidential election, McCain congratulated Bar…

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There’s a widely held assumption in political circles that Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ successor will be a Republican. That outcome would jibe with the state’s general political leanings…

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U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, we all know by now, traffics less in the policy details vital to governance than in bizarre bouts of paranoia and grievance.

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The rhythms of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ opening addresses to the Legislature are familiar by now: Edwards goes to the House chamber, urges lawmakers to put aside their differences and asks them …

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Did you hear the one about the Democratic president who’s about to spirit the only governor of his party in the South off to Washington, leaving the office in the hands of a Republican?

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“We really needed this,” the headline on Nola.com said, quoting the sentiments of a top tourism leader discussing the return of Carnival parades and public festivities.

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Donald Trump spent a good half-decade sucking up all the oxygen in American politics, so of course, he was also the juiciest target for Carnival-season satire. I know. I’m in the Krewe of Muse…

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It should shock nobody to see politicians engaging in politics, particularly the politics of self-interest — i.e., getting themselves and their allies not only reelected but safely ensconced i…

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Game recognizes game, people sometimes say, which is another way of pointing out that those who are good at something can often spot the same talent in somebody else.