Jim Bradshaw: Standing up for booze on the bayou
When Prohibition became the law of the land, it was not very popular in south Louisiana.
When Prohibition became the law of the land, it was not very popular in south Louisiana.
Editor's Note: This story is the second in a series about the civil rights-era Deacons for Defense and Justice.
BATON ROUGE--A House committee rejected a bill Wednesday that would have prohibited police officers from receiving immunity in civil cases involving abuse allegations.
On a July night in Jonesboro in 1964, the rumble of engines encroached on a quiet, black neighborhood then known as “The Quarters.” As residents stepped out onto their porches, they observed a line
We’re just about halfway through the calendar year and more than halfway through the first special session of 2020, which must mean we’re halfway to somewhere in Capitoland.
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