Louisiana House Speaker Jim Tucker has reshuffled committee appointments following a close-vote challenge to his choice for speaker pro-tem.

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Louisiana House Speaker Jim Tucker has reshuffled committee appointments following a close-vote challenge to his choice for speaker pro-tem. In a 53-48 vote, Representative Joel Robideaux was elected to the chamber's second leadership post. Robideaux was challenged by Representative Noble Ellington. After the vote, Tucker reassigned Ellington to the Insurance Committee, considered a far less influential spot than his place on the House and Government Affairs Committee. Tucker also told Ellington that his apartment in the Pentagon Barracks across the street from the Capitol would be...