Will Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy vote to confirm RFK Jr. as health secretary despite Kennedy's vaccine stance?

Lafayette Parish will hold a special election on Saturday, February 15, for the District 23 Senate seat, followed by municipal elections on March 29. Nearly 90,000 voters in Senate District 23 seat—including residents of Lafayette Parish, Broussard, Scott, and Youngsville—are eligible to vote in the special election.

Here are those who filed as candidates in Northwest Louisiana on Jan. 29, 2025, the first of three days of qualifying for elections to be held March 29 in Louisiana

Often U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy makes news pummeling nominees at confirmation hearing before the Senate Justice Committee.

Candidate qualifying for the Municipal Primary Election is set for Wednesday, Jan. 29, through Friday, Jan. 31.

Nine candidates qualified Wednesday for separate offices on St. George voters' ballots this March, seven of whom have served as interim leaders in the city.

There are several local offices, along with local propositions and some proposed amendments to the state Constitution, on the ballot.

After two years of legal battles and public debate, the Bossier City Council has finally scheduled a May vote on a resolution that, if passed, would

Qualifying begins Wednesday and runs through Friday for assorted open positions in parish and municipal government across Northwest Louisiana for the March 29 election.

Candidates may qualify for office by paying a qualifying fee or filing a nominating petition and are encouraged to check with their local Clerk of Court for specific parish hours. More information, including contact information for parish Clerk of Court Offices,

Louisiana's Municipal Primary Election is scheduled, and qualifying started on Wednesday, January 29, and will end on Friday, January 31, 2025.

For a writer on politics and policy, the Johnson-Scalise-Cassidy permutations present a delectable feast. The most immediately pressing circumstance, though, is local. In the past four or five years,