Louisiana Spotlight: Governor has rare month of good news
Mon, 07/24/2017 - 11:33am
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards must be wishing that all months could be like this one.
Columns
Jim Bradshaw: The fatal Bois Mallet shootout that claimed the life of a sheriff
Fri, 07/21/2017 - 10:39am
At dawn on a muggy morning in late July 1916, Sheriff Marion L. Swords was in the Mallet Woods in rural St. Landry Parish, watching an old cabin where he thought a murder suspect was hiding.
Louisiana Politics: More than half of candidates on fall ballot get a free pass
Wed, 07/19/2017 - 10:31am
Even though qualifying just wrapped up last week and the primary elections will not be held for another three months, 54 percent of the races originally scheduled for the October ballot have alread
Jeff Crouere: Louisiana Democrats abandon Jefferson and Jackson
Wed, 07/19/2017 - 10:29am
A once proud political party has now been completely overtaken by the insidious forces of political correctness.
Louisiana Spotlight: Treasurer will follow Kennedy's path
Tue, 07/18/2017 - 10:28am
BATON ROUGE — Republican John Kennedy spent many of his 17 years as Louisiana state treasurer quarrelling with governors, criticizing spending practices and generally raising the profile of an off