WASHINGTON – With their own re-election all but assured thanks to the favorable district lines drawn in January by the Louisiana Legislature, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise have hit the road to campaign for Republican congressional candidates.
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Mark Ballard
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are visiting New Orleans Tuesday to underscore their efforts in finding better treatments for cancer.
WASHINGTON – After years of bickering over whether Louisiana should send two Black candidates to the U.S. House or just one, state government and minority voters now find themselves sharing a common goal: beseeching the U.S. Supreme Court to sort out the competing redistricting doctrines.
WASHINGTON — The schedule shows Congress will be in town for 13 days between now and the week after the Nov. 5 congressional and presidential elections.
WASHINGTON – A krewe of former Louisiana aides to President Joe Biden are joining forces with former Democratic Party staffers to create an advisory firm that would help Fortune 100 companies and others navigate the nation’s evolving tax and regulatory environment.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Army Reserve Brigadier General Andreé “Ana” Carter, the wife of U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, was officially promoted to two-star general by the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON – More than a thousand Louisiana farmers who filed discrimination claims against the U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon receive recompense.
WASHINGTON – Mitch Landrieu should be Kamala Harris’s running mate this fall, largely for his handling of the removal of Confederate statues in New Orleans while he was mayor, says a guest column published Wednesday in Maryland’s largest newspaper.
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan U.S. Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a historic package of restrictions — co-sponsored by a Louisiana senator — that cracks down on how social media companies interact with children and teenagers.