Two years ago this fall, Jeff Landry won huge in his bid for Louisiana governor, beating 14 primary opponents so handily that he was able to avoid a runoff. He pulled that off with very little support from New Orleans, where the Republican candidate took just 10% of the heavily Democratic city’s vote.

If any result would seem to set up a contentious relationship, this was it.

So it was pretty remarkable last week to hear the three Democrats running to be the city’s mayor applaud one of Landry’s major initiatives: Troop NOLA, the Louisiana State Police troop that has been on the ground since 2024. Crime stats in the city started improving even before Troop Nola arrived, but the steep reduction that has continued leaves no doubt that the partnership between local and state law enforcem

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