Stephanie Grace, Baton Rouge Advocate

Stephanie Grace

Baton Rouge Advocate

New Orleans, LA, United States

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Past articles by Stephanie:

Stephanie Grace: Recall referendum or not, LaToya Cantrell needs a reset

Ask me if I think New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will soon face a recall referendum, and here’s my answer: I have no idea. → Read More

Stephanie Grace: For this year's Carnival satirists, LaToya Cantrell is the gift that keeps on giving

He may be running for president — again — but Donald Trump is no longer at the center of our news universe. Fittingly, Trump also is no longer the prime → Read More

Stephanie Grace: If there's a line, count on Clay Higgins & Co. to cross it

Not so long ago, a single shout of “you lie” during a presidential address to Congress was enough to visibly rattle the congenitally cool, collected Barack Obama. Over the president’s → Read More

Stephanie Grace: In governor's race, bring on the B-listers

It must have been nice to be U.S. Rep. Garret Graves this past month or so, with the phone ringing and dinging constantly as fellow Louisianans told him how badly → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Legislature is due for a post-Roe reality check

When the U.S. Supreme Court pulled the plug on the Roe v. Wade decision that gave women the right to control their reproductive lives for half a century, Louisiana politicians → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Governor's race refrain remains, "Who else you got?"

I suppose we should be happy for our elected officials here in Louisiana, because they certainly seem content in the jobs we’ve given them. → Read More

Stephanie Grace: New year, new worries about insurance in Louisiana

Just before the calendar flipped to 2023 last week, I joined a club that I didn't really want to join. I became a customer of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Co., → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Speaker Steve Scalise in 2023? Could happen. Ex-Mayor LaToya Cantrell? Not yet...

This time last year, my annual look back opened with villainy. How could it not, when just six days in to 2021, our very democracy came under attack from an → Read More

Stephanie Grace: John Kennedy's Washington schtick won't deter Louisianans who hope he'll run for governor

U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy is freshly reelected to a new six-year term, and pondering a quick turnaround campaign for Louisiana governor in 2023. → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Bill Cassidy was right about Donald Trump, before the GOP woke up

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy took some internet ribbing for going on “Meet the Press” Sunday and declaring that Republicans are “not a cult.” → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Before Louisiana was a Trump state, it was a Republican state. That could help us move on.

John N. Kennedy won reelection Tuesday with 62% of the vote, after having gotten 61% in the 2016 runoff. Fellow Republican Bill Cassidy won in 2020 with 59%, six years → Read More

Stephanie Grace: As congressional elections wind down, gubernatorial politics are heating up

Who is Garret Graves, some New Orleans-area residents may be wondering right about now. Why is he featured in campaign ads on my TV, and where is he on my → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Hot issue in next year's state elections will likely be insurance, not taxes

Despite last week’s sunny skies, there’s a dark cloud over Louisiana these days, one that could affect the financial stability of thousands of families and even the viability of whole → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Finally, some Louisiana politicians are changing the way they talk about abortion

As they gear up for big elections, candidates generally use their opening television commercials to make a first impression. → Read More

Ron Faucheux: To know where national politics is going, watch these gubernatorial elections

When my oldest son was a young lad, I explained to him about presidents and governors. He concluded, “Oh, I see — governors are little presidents.” → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Team Landry is ready for governor's race, but will Team Anybody-But-Landry take the field?

A logo does not a formal announcement make, but it certainly sends a message. → Read More

Stephanie Grace: For some Louisiana lawmakers, ending Roe v. Wade doesn't go far enough

State Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, once issued a video likening masking mandates aimed at combating the spread of the coronavirus to Naziism. → Read More

Stephanie Grace: Inch by inch, Baton Rouge is becoming more like Washington. How depressing.

Louisiana government’s shift toward Washington-style politics has been a study in incrementalism, with old nonpartisan norms slowly giving way to more partisan behavior. So recent developments in Baton Rouge are → Read More

Stephanie Grace: With real state needs at stake, these Louisiana members still play political games

Let the record show that both Louisiana representatives who are part of the Republican congressional leadership voted against aid to help the state recover from a string of disasters. → Read More

Grace Notes: On presidential vote, poll shows Louisianans are deeply polarized

Turnout was unexpectedly high for the much-delayed July 11 presidential primaries in Louisiana, what with both parties’ nominees long since determined and not much else of note on the ballot. → Read More