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House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP’s wipeout in the midterm elections, declining to seek support to stay on as House minority leader in the new Congress.
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Gov. Jeff Landry appointed Joseph Cao to the board earlier this year after his predecessor left to join the Trump administration. -
The two new commissioners will take their seats amid a flurry of data center approvals and large industrial investments in the state. -
With many Louisiana schools closed for Election Day, Gulf States Newsroom senior reporter Drew Hawkins brought his children — Eden and Finnegan — to the polls to learn about the civic process. -
Come January 1, 2027, there will be three fewer judges on the bench. -
Davis’s campaign commissioned the Hart Research poll, which shows the farmer from Tensas Parish tied at 45% with U.S. Rep. Letlow.
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