As New Orleans Democrats, state Reps. Mandie Landry and Royce Duplessis agree on plenty – including the firmly held view that women should have the right to an abortion.
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Karen Carter Peterson’s stunning resignation and guilty plea to federal wire fraud charges left an unexpected vacancy in her highly-coveted Senate district and set the stage for the most intriguing state legislative race of 2022.
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The number of officer misconduct allegations investigated by Louisiana State Police more than doubled between 2020 and 2021, an informal report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor revealed.
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A wave of insurance company bankruptcies has jacked up premiums — and stoked worries that the Gulf Coast will become too expensive a place to live as the climate changes.
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With Labor Day over the fall campaign season is officially underway and candidates are working to capture voters’ attention and secure their support.
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“I wasn’t surprised. I actually expected something splashy from him,” said State Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans).
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“Just on the face of the law, if someone just literally shows up bleeding and says ‘I had an abortion,’ under the law, there's no cause for them to face any sort of charges,” said state Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans), one of the legislature’s most vocal opponents of anti-abortion laws.
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"The nearest clinic performing abortions to Louisiana is Illinois which is about 700 miles away," she said. "We know that people who are pregnant don't want to be are going to do whatever they want to do the end the pregnancy, and that is the most dangerous part to me."
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“The penalties for doctors are different. Neither has a particularly definite triggering mechanism, the questions on the life of the mother exception are different, the recent one actually has some medically incorrect information in it,” Landry said.
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A key hearing in Louisiana on Friday could determine if the state’s three abortion clinics can stay open in a post-Roe world. State Rep. Mandie Landry breaks down what’s at stake.
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