Liz Murrill, a Republican, was indicted after sending warning letters to New Orleans' Democratic leaders. The dispute was one of the latest flare-ups in a long conflict between the city and state. A special prosecutor in Louisiana on Wednesday dismissed felony charges against the state's attorney general, a Republican who had been accused of threatening and intimidating elected officials in New Orleans by sending them letters claiming they could be removed from office for defying state law. The

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