Jim Bradshaw: When Uncle Sam took over Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras in 1942 was a pretty bleak affair. Bombs raining on Pearl Harbor had forced a once-reluctant United States into World War II just months before.
Mardi Gras in 1942 was a pretty bleak affair. Bombs raining on Pearl Harbor had forced a once-reluctant United States into World War II just months before.
As his administration was working on the next big budget proposal last month, Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order directing department heads to find savings for the upcoming fiscal year.
All right, all you Swifties: I have some bad news for you.
It was the talk of the town when the movie star Elissa Landi was spotted in Crowley on Feb. 3. 1936. She was trying to travel incognito and registered at the Egan Hotel as Mrs.
(Editor's note: This op-ed was written by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, and appeared originally in the Houston Chronicle.)
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