Yeah, I know. A commentary that examines the flimsy ethical stances of Louisiana’s elected officials is about as surprising as sweat in August.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we break down last week’s Democratic National Convention. We hear a rundown from political consultant James Carville and more about the Louisiana woman who shared her personal story at the convention.

On This Week in Louisiana Politics, new policies are being put in place for teachers to deal with troublesome students and reduce the amount of training they have to do.

An upcoming election in a new majority-Black state Supreme Court district in Louisiana may already be decided after two of three candidates were disqualified from the race under an opinion issued by the very court they were running for.

Louisiana voters will hit the polls Nov. 5 to elect a new president, but they'll have a few local choices to make, too. Why it matters: The presidential election will take up most of the airtime and energy,

The inactive voter list is part of Louisiana's voter list maintenance. Voters who are eligible but inactive can update their address to vote in November.

Hunter, 45, is a first-term judge in the Second Circuit Court of Appeal. Chambers, 43, is the Louisiana Housing Corporation's chief of staff. The two hopefuls were competing with Guidry to become the Supreme Court's second Black justice in a newly redrawn majority-Black judicial district.

Chief Judge John Michael Guidry, a Democrat, has won the seat for the Associate Justice Supreme Court, 2nd Supreme Court District seat after the Louisiana State Supreme Court disqualified his two