ATLANTA (AP) — Bill Barrow, a veteran journalist who has covered politics in Alabama and Louisiana, has been named to the new position of Southeast political writer for The Associated Press.

Barrow, 34, comes to the AP from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, La., where he has covered Louisiana politics since 2006, along with health care business and policy since 2009. He previously covered politics in Alabama, where he worked for the Press-Register in Mobile.

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