Just as most Americans remember where they were on 9/11, those of us living on the Gulf Coast remember the fear and concern that enveloped our region 20 years ago on Aug. 29.
Legislative leaders put a new spin on the three-year legal saga over Louisiana’s congressional map last week, asking members to keep their calendars flexible for a possible special session this fa
One of the most novel solutions for a huge problem in tapping the oil under South Louisiana wetlands was the brainchild of a Panamanian saloon keeper who’d never set foot here.
By JEREMY ALFORD and DAVID JACOBS
The number of voters nationwide who don’t want to join either major party is growing, and Louisiana is no exception to the trend.
Seventy-five sugar mills operating in Louisiana in 1800 produced 5 million pounds of sugar that sold for 8 cents a pound, netting about $400,000 to the planters.
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