State Sen. Sharon Hewitt, the only woman running for Louisiana governor, criticized Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry for hiring a political consultant who struck a plea deal last year to avoid criminal charges for sexual harassment.
For decades, candidates for governor and the Legislature have cited Louisiana’s shameful infant mortality rate, which ranks among the highest in the nation and the world, as a pressing problem
For decades, candidates for governor and the Legislature have cited Louisiana’s shameful infant mortality rate, which ranks among the highest in the nation and the world, as a pressing problem
Politicians, policymakers and parents often lament the dispiriting exodus of young people who leave Louisiana seeking better prospects for themselves and their future children. But who weeps for the nearly 200 Louisiana children every year who never get the chance to make that choice the babies whose early deaths place our state among the worst places in the world to be born preterm or with a low birth weight?
For decades, candidates for governor and the Legislature have cited Louisiana’s shamefully high infant mortality rate, which ranks among the highest in the nation and the developed world, as a