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1,000 contractors locked in a Methanex site during Tuesday’s storm — workers claim padlocked gates v 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2426

Baton Rouge child found dead in day care vehicle; owner recently lost license to care for children 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1988

Red River in Shreveport still projected to crest Sunday at 36.5 feet 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1405

New law lets you buy fireworks 10 days earlier in Louisiana, in time for Juneteenth 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1465

Louisiana Senate rejects push to give lawmakers special gun rights 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1653

Prosecution: Ex-BP exec lied; defense: no motive to lie 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1518

Tax holiday OK for guns, not so for storm and school supplies says Senate committee 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1921

Billionaire Tom Benson trial resumes in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1589

Long before criminal indictment, Dennis Hastert had a Katrina problem 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1975

Deeper draft in Mississippi River means billions in revenue, 17,000 new jobs nationwide 5 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 3 2649

3 Louisiana congressional members ask more time to file personal finances 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1514

Mary Landrieu takes job at Washington lobbying firm 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1662

Bill to reduce marijuana penalties in Louisiana passes full Senate 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1525

Tuition vouchers program puts kids in private schools, some costs on taxpayers dime 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1740

French Quarter restaurant employee fired after racial slur printed on customer's receipt 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 5 2001

Louisiana House wants Bobby Jindal's office to pay for his travel expenses 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1557

NY lawmakers want to enact non-essential travel ban to Louisiana following Gov. Bobby Jindal’s E. O. 3 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 5 2181

BobbyJindal plans to issue an executive order enforcing intent of religious freedom bill 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1548

Man in loud shirt, three others in custody for murder of ex-wife 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 3 3296

Jindal's lack of leadership a major disappointment 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1764

Baton Rouge, New Orleans law firms, others agree to $4.9 million Stanford settlement 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1519

Baton Rouge filmmaker admits to defrauding the state’s film tax credit program in 2010 and 2011 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 2063

Caddo Parish Commissioner Williams pleads not guilty to wire fraud 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1403

David Vitter marches toward pinata status 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1880

Louisiana travels down road of neglect 4 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 2205

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu appropriates $5M to firefighter pension fund 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1994

House raises $664M; members say it will save higher ed; probably 'the single largest tax hike day' 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1507

Louisiana's medical marijuana legislation slides through Senate, headed to House 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1541

House committee OKs anti-union bill to strip dues deduction 0 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 0 1472

Bobby Jindal has concerns about Orleans Parish sex education proposal 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1925

Louisiana Continued...

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Three suspects with machine guns fire on New Orleans Police Department officers 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2926

FBI investigating Senate President John Alario, sources say 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1584

Baton Rouge, New Orleans business leaders looking for common ground to advance region’s interests 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1761

State backing for new Baton Rouge Children’s Hospital sought in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1380

Road, bridge aid sparking spate of bills in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1436

Pregnant woman shot, killed overnight in Baton Rouge; unborn child delivered at hospital 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1800

Caddo Parish (Shreveport) DA Charles Scott died of heart disease in Baton Rouge hotel room 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1467

Jindal and ... twerking elephants? Special animation shows how governor is trying to dance to WH 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2234

Louisiana Governor Jindal To Hold Prayer Revival 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 4540

Hi! Can anyone here tell me what is up with the Wright/Skrmetta race? 2 Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 Dec 2014 0 1962

Man shot, killed by Centenary College officer 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2407

Louisiana hospitals should not be billing rape victims for treatment: lawmakers 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1740

'Major' Oil Spill Strikes Louisiana, Threatens Waterways 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 2581

Times-Picayune Endorses D-Senator Mary Landrieu Over The Republican Candidate 2 DhhD Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2244

New Orleans Union Membership Set to Double After Hotel and Casino Workers Win 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1732

Bobby Jindal, former biology scholar, won’t say whether he believes in evolution 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2107

‘Sons of Guns’ reality show star Will Hayden charged with raping another child 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 2084

Autopsy report shows Louisiana police lied about suspect’s suicide by shooting self in back 9 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 19 4050

Tea Party of Louisiana: Common Core turns kids gay, and this parody website proves it 1 Katashi_itto Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2294

New Documentary Coming: Citzens Koch. 1 DhhD Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2267

Koch Brothers Are Destroying Democracy In America 1 DhhD Mar 2014 Jun 2014 4 3435

Federal Judge sides with MoveOn.org in Bobby Jindel Billboard Lawsuit 2 DhhD Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2402

MoveOn to be sued over its Billboard against Jidal for not expanding Medicaid. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 2606

R-Senator Vitter Running for Governor of Louisiana with the Koch Brothers. 0 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2102

NOLA areas for LGBT 5 irisblue Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2470

Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin found guilty on bribery charges 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1815

Gov. Jindal announces International Shipholding Corp. will relocate to New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1807

Prosecution rests in Ray Nagin corruption trial 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1738

Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’ 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2409

Battle of the brands: A newspaper war in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2273

Louisiana Continued...

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Louisiana high court reverses $258 million verdict against J&J regarding Risperdal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1884

Ray Nagin faces trial to decide his fate on federal corruption charges 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2198

Public Schools and God 0 packman Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1807

thinking about retiring to NOLA. Advice? Insights? 2 irisblue Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2337

Shreveport passes nondiscrimination ordinance, Baton Rouge law stalls 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2009

Police: Alleged pot-smoking ghost hunters burn down Louisiana plantation 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2579

Newly elected Republican Vance McAllister Wants to Accept the Medicaid Expansion of the ACA. 0 DhhD Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2049

Do any Louisiana DUers have contacts in Lafourche? 4 intaglio Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2688

Obama Spars With Louisiana Governor Over Healthcare Law 1 DhhD Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2874

Mary Landrieu 0 locks Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1926

hey lets give the tea party and Cruz a hand to unemployment 0 luckyleftyme2 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1633

Sen. Mary Landrieu sticks with health care law 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Oct 2013 5 3750

Subsidy Calculator for low income families and singles on ACA premiums. 3 DhhD Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2779

Find out if you qualify for low cost ACA premiums. 0 DhhD Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1872

Solar Jobs Comparison — Louisiana vs. Georgia 0 kristopher Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1816

Shell announces Gulf Coast site for potential multibillion-dollar plant 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2025

Feds, Jindal clash over possible resolution of school vouchers suit 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1684

Gov. Bobby Jindal calls legal challenge to school vouchers 'immoral' 5 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 3309

Lax chlorine standards likely contributed to brain-eating amoeba in St. Bernard water 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2174

Jindal won't reappoint 2 levee officials who support lawsuit against oil companies 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1966

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