By Piper Hutchinson | Reporter
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Louisiana’s congressional districts in Louisiana v. Callais, Gov. Jeff Landry has issues a state of emergency cancelling Louisiana’s party primaries for its six U.S. House seats and other Republican states are looking to move quickly to take advantage. Read all about it.
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By Piper Hutchinson
Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday postponed primary elections for Louisiana’s six U.S. House seats following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday to throw out the state’s existing congressional map.
Landry’s order suspends just the U.S. House elections. Elections for U.S. Senate, Louisiana Supreme Court, Public Service Commission, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and five constitutional amendments will continue as scheduled.
Secretary of State Nancy Landry said that the U.S. House races will remain on voters’ ballots, but any votes cast in those races will not be counted.
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Samples to be tested for chronic wasting disease at the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab in Baton Rouge. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator)
By Elise Plunk
There’s a disease spreading amongst deer in the United States, including northern parishes of Louisiana, that has no cure. The state implemented measures to contain the spread, but those could soon be dialed back at the will of state legislators, worrying scientists who study the disease and its expansion.
Chronic wasting disease, colloquially known as zombie deer disease, has spread into 36 states and five Canadian provinces since it was first detected in the wild in the 1980s. It has also been detected in deer farm herds in South Korea and among wild reindeer, moose and red deer in Scandinavia.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is one of the few in the nation where there are no restrictions on when, where and how often commissioners can communicate with the utilities they regulate. (Louisiana Public Service Commission YouTube channel)
By Wesley Muller & Greg LaRose
This year’s elections for two replacements on the state Public Service Commission unfold as utility regulation in Louisiana approaches a crossroads. The rapid development of artificial intelligence data centers and their high demand for electricity have put a spotlight on the regulatory board.
By Jonathan Shorman
President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as he urged one governor to gerrymander his state and praised another for suspending an approaching primary.
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