Biden, visiting storm-ravaged storm, told victims ‘the nation is here to help.’
September 3, 2021
The President also used the visit to pledge to fight harder to confront climate change
Get ready for post-Harvey fraud
September 1, 2017
As high water spreads from Houston through Texas and Louisiana, authorities are bracing for an inevitable wave of fraud and other criminal activity set into
Trump tends to party politics
December 9, 2016
Tending to party politics, President-elect Donald Trump is rallying supporters in Louisiana on Friday ahead of the state’s Senate runoff election, aiming to pad the
Racist running for Senate seat
July 23, 2016
Declaring “the climate of this country has moved in my direction,” white supremacist David Duke registered Friday for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race, saying he was
Democrat wins in Louisiana
November 22, 2015
Democrats in Louisiana rejoiced as they reclaimed the governor’s mansion for the first time in eight years, while the state’s GOP leader insisted “our Republican
Theater shooter was ‘angry man’
July 25, 2015
In 2014, facing eviction from his Alabama home, John Russell Houser set out to make sure no one else could ever live in that house.
Federal court reviews three states on gay marriage bans
January 9, 2015
Bans on gay marriage in three staunchly conservative Southern states were to get a hearing in a federal appeals court Friday — the latest legal
Bye bye to last Deep South Democrat in Senate
December 7, 2014
Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has denied Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana a fourth term, calling his Senate victory “the exclamation point” on midterm elections
Landrieu swamped by TV ads from opponent
November 15, 2014
Republican Senate contender Bill Cassidy and his conservative allies have overshadowed endangered Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu by roughly a 180-to-1 margin on television since their
Judge blocks Louisiana abortion law…for now
September 1, 2014
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Louisiana from enforcing its restrictive new abortion law. But lawyers and advocates appeared to disagree about whether the judge’s