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Of the total 787,521 votes cast, 64% of voters statewide rejected the amendment. In East Baton Rouge, 69% of voters rejected it.
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Two seats are open on the commission regulating Louisiana’s utilities in this November’s election. -
While the state’s largest teachers' unions supported Amendment 3 on the May 16 ballot, some educators opposed the measure, and some union affiliates remained neutral as a result. -
All East Baton Rouge city-parish employees are set to receive a raise soon, after the Metro Council approved a plan in a 10-1 vote Wednesday. -
A high school in the Bywater focused on coastal restoration and sustainability is set to close this summer. It leaves a unique legacy. -
The state’s official revenue forecast was lowered by more than $200 million across the next two budget years. -
The Baltimore-based organization partnered with the budding hip-hop star to bring its social-emotional learning curriculum to a New Orleans high school. -
The party breakdown for early voting is 44% Democratic, 41% Republican, and 15% no party. -
Voters across Louisiana will decide this month whether to let the new City of St. George form its own school district. -
A full day of public testimony took place Friday, marred by several disruptions over new congressional maps during the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee meeting. -
Voting districts typically are redrawn based on census data after the start of each decade. But an unusual spate of mid-decade redistricting broke out after President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to reshape U.S. House districts last year. More states have followed.
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