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A member of the Louisiana Secretary of State's elections office, Stephanie Pourciau, sets up privacy walls around voting machines at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Early voting will run from Oct. 16 to Oct. 27 - except on Sundays - from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the arena and four other locations in New Orleans. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Louisiana voting machine search halted amid vendor complaint

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Analysis: Louisiana Medicaid dispute lingers into new term

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, Louisiana Health Secretary Rebekah Gee answers questions from the joint House and Senate budget committee about new contract awards for the Medicaid managed care program in Baton Rouge, La. Gee, who launched the Democrat's Medicaid expansion program but faced repeated criticism from Republicans about her management of it, is leaving the Edwards administration as the governor begins his second term in office. Gee, a medical doctor who has led the Department of Health since 2016, is resigning from the position effective Jan. 31, the governor's office announced Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Louisiana Medicaid managed care contract awards thrown out

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

The Latest: Louisiana Medicaid to use emergency contracts

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, Louisiana Health Secretary Rebekah Gee answers questions from the joint House and Senate budget committee about new contract awards for the Medicaid managed care program in Baton Rouge, La. Despite an ongoing challenge to the contract awards, Louisiana's health department wants to continue negotiating terms with four companies chosen to manage Medicaid patient care, saying delays could put health services at risk. Gee filed the request Monday, Aug. 26 with Louisiana's chief procurement officer Paula Tregre, who is reviewing the contract awards to determine if state law was properly followed. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Louisiana seeking emergency contracts for Medicaid services

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In a Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016 file photo, Raymond Lieteau pulls furniture out of his flood damaged home with the help of his friend Danny Lemoine, 48, in Baton Rouge, La. The company that won a multimillion-dollar Louisiana flood recovery contract only to see the deal canceled because of conflict of interest concerns will be allowed to compete for the work. Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has ordered a redo of the bid review process that will let Hunt Guillot and Associates, known as HGA, be considered for the federally financed contract. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)

Decision ousting firm from Louisiana recovery deal reversed

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2016, file photo, standing floodwater closes roads in Sorrento, La. Louisiana has voided a planned flood recovery contract, with the state's top procurement official saying key staff involved in the deal shouldn't be allowed to participate because they have a conflict of interest and may have given the winning bidder an unfair advantage. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)

Louisiana flood-recovery deal scrapped amid conflict claims

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Louisiana’s lucrative voting machine contract award canceled

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press