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Saturday’s elections for statewide and parish offices along with a number of other ballot initiatives will be the culmination of many months of hard work and millions of dollar spent by candidates, their supporters and public and quasi-public agencies such as school boards. Yet there is a broad swath of voters who are likely to […]

The three top contenders in the race for governor of Louisiana — Republican Jeff Landry, Democrat Shawn Wilson and Independent Hunter Lundy — recently visited the metro areas to spark enthusiasm for what is likely to be a lackluster, low-turnout election. This trio of candidates — along with State Treasurer John Schroeder, business lobbyist Steve […]

Was it self-defense or "ego and anger and avarice" that led Eddie Dingle to kill Maurice Williams on the Uptown New Orleans parade route on Mardi Gras 2018?

In a stunning show of the power of incumbency, almost every parishwide official in Jefferson Parish was automatically re-elected Thursday when no candidates signed up to challenge the sitting parish

Attorney General Jeff Landry made it official yesterday. He is one of 12 candidates already signed up for ballot’s top spot, with former LABI executive Steve Waguespack and state Rep. Richard Nelson expected to round out the field today. Landry, whose campaign is sitting on more than $9 million as well as a bucket full […]

In a stunning show of the power of incumbency, almost every parishwide official in Jefferson Parish was automatically re-elected Thursday when no candidates signed up to challenge the sitting parish

Candidates for election in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes registered Tuesday for the Oct. 14 ballot.

During Saturday’s special election, an overwhelming 91% of voters in Orleans parish voted against a five-point-five millage property tax which would have nearly doubled the amount of property tax funding already dedicated to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The Municipal Primary Election run-off is Saturday, April 29.

The Orleans Parish sheriff and St. Tammany Parish coroner asked voters to boost their budgets