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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2021 01:04 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ March 3 The Advocate on a scientific report...

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012, file photo, former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco introduces her grandson Zachary Boulet to former Gov. Mike Foster, at a Council For a Better Louisiana panel discussion and luncheon in Baton Rouge, La. Foster, a folksy millionaire businessman who pushed major changes in education policy and lawsuit rules through an increasingly conservative state Legislature in the 1990s, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. He was 90. Marsanne Goolsby, who was Foster’s press secretary when he was governor, said that Foster died at his home in Franklin. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Analysis: Louisiana politics sharply different in Foster era

By Melinda Deslatte Oct. 11, 2020 04:00 AM EDT

Louisiana's new health secretary begins work amid outbreak

Apr. 17, 2020 09:44 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's new health secretary has started the job, taking the helm of an agency central to state response to the coronavirus...

FILE - In this April 2, 2020 file photo, Cindy Morris, left, and Swarnamala Ratnayaka prepare RNA for testing for the new coronavirus at the molecular pathology lab at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Where political divides marred early recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana is showing rare political unity in the fight against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Louisiana responds to coronavirus with rare bipartisanship

By Kevin Mcgill And Melinda Deslatte Apr. 08, 2020 12:49 PM EDT