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Louisiana Treasurer John Schroder is running for governor in 2023 to replace the term-limited Gov. John Bel Edwards, according to an announcement Wednesday.

There are a handful of street and neighborhood names in New Orleans and Baton Rouge that memorialize historic figures from the Confederacy. Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll hear how the two cities are addressing this issue and beginning the renaming process.

It takes Gary Chambers no time at all to get to the point in his newest, and unprecedented, campaign ad for a seat in Congress: the video opens with the Baton Rouge activist talking about — and smoking — marijuana.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new concert that addresses the last two years of pandemic life. And we hear why the New Orleans Ballet Association is taking up a new style of dance for its latest season.

Louisiana reached a pandemic milestone on Tuesday, with the state health department reporting more than 1 million positive COVID-19 cases.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the structural limits on Black political power that have impacted New Orleans’ Black mayors for decades. And we hear about new efforts to increase high-speed internet access across the state.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are now twice as high in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama as they were two weeks ago, contributing to now record hospitalization numbers nationwide.

It’s election year across the country, and Louisiana has no shortage of candidates vying for seats.

Louisiana and Mississippi rank at the bottom nationally when it comes to the percentage of tech jobs in the state workforce. Alabama sits in the middle of the list, mostly because of Huntsville’s research park.

While some see litigation as a powerful tool to protect Louisiana's shrinking coastline, others find this method frivolous.