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A Baton Rouge lawmaker wants to return to the open-primary election system for Louisiana’s congressional elections.


JACKSON — Vicki Higginbotham, a nurse, said she was handing out medicine to her mentally ill patients at a state hospital in Jackson when she started thinking about what would happen to them when Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget plans came to pass.


Gov. Bobby Jindal for a second time Friday rejected a proposed state employee pay raise plan, once again saying it did not provide enough flexibility for agency heads to determine worker pay.


WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans agreed Thursday to a one-year ban on members requesting special projects for their districts — known as earmarks — a move that could have a significant financial impact for Louisiana with its Republican-laden House delegation.


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