Governor candidates spin the economy
Thu, 09/05/2019 - 2:20pm
BATON ROUGE — By Gov. John Bel Edwards’ telling, Louisiana’s economy is on the mend, growing and creating new jobs after exiting a recession.
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Former Gov. Edwards released from hospital
Thu, 09/05/2019 - 1:56pm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has been discharged from the hospital after an overnight stay.
Edwin Edwards hospitalized
Tue, 09/03/2019 - 4:45pm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A daughter of former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards confirms that the four-term governor has been taken to a Baton Rouge hospital.
PAC hopes to put more conservatives in Legislature
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:30pm
BATON ROUGE — A Louisiana political organization seeking to elect more conservative Republicans to the state House and Senate is focusing on two dozen legislative races this fall and targeting thr
Jim Bradshaw: Yellow fever hit steamboat communities hard
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:27pm
On Aug. 13, 1853, Oramel Hinckley, master of the steamer Opelousas, advertised that his boat would not return to Washington from New Orleans because of a yellow fever epidemic there.