If the election for insurance commissioner were held today, the likely winner would be Tim Temple, a Republican and well-known industry executive from Baton Rouge.
Who is in charge in the Bayou State when the governor is out of the country? Most observers would say that it would be the Lt. Governor. But Gov. John Bel Edwards is in England, and Lt.
They still happen occasionally, but gas well fires are not nearly as common as they were in earlier days in the oil field, and, it seems, not nearly so spectacular.
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a set of vetoes last week, his first since the regular session was adjourned earlier this month.
Jean Lafitte was the most notorious — and successful — of the pirates operating from Louisiana in the early 1800s, but he wasn’t the only one.
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