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Louisiana travels down road of neglect 4 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 2089

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu appropriates $5M to firefighter pension fund 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1891

House raises $664M; members say it will save higher ed; probably 'the single largest tax hike day' 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1436

Louisiana's medical marijuana legislation slides through Senate, headed to House 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1472

House committee OKs anti-union bill to strip dues deduction 0 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 0 1403

Bobby Jindal has concerns about Orleans Parish sex education proposal 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1848

Three suspects with machine guns fire on New Orleans Police Department officers 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2747

FBI investigating Senate President John Alario, sources say 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1509

Baton Rouge, New Orleans business leaders looking for common ground to advance region’s interests 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1679

State backing for new Baton Rouge Children’s Hospital sought in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1312

Road, bridge aid sparking spate of bills in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1363

Pregnant woman shot, killed overnight in Baton Rouge; unborn child delivered at hospital 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1723

Caddo Parish (Shreveport) DA Charles Scott died of heart disease in Baton Rouge hotel room 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1396

Jindal and ... twerking elephants? Special animation shows how governor is trying to dance to WH 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2128

Louisiana Governor Jindal To Hold Prayer Revival 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 4295

Hi! Can anyone here tell me what is up with the Wright/Skrmetta race? 2 Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 Dec 2014 0 1868

Man shot, killed by Centenary College officer 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2299

Louisiana hospitals should not be billing rape victims for treatment: lawmakers 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1669

'Major' Oil Spill Strikes Louisiana, Threatens Waterways 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 2454

Times-Picayune Endorses D-Senator Mary Landrieu Over The Republican Candidate 2 DhhD Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2117

New Orleans Union Membership Set to Double After Hotel and Casino Workers Win 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1648

Bobby Jindal, former biology scholar, won’t say whether he believes in evolution 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1992

‘Sons of Guns’ reality show star Will Hayden charged with raping another child 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1994

Autopsy report shows Louisiana police lied about suspect’s suicide by shooting self in back 9 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 19 3853

Tea Party of Louisiana: Common Core turns kids gay, and this parody website proves it 1 Katashi_itto Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2186

New Documentary Coming: Citzens Koch. 1 DhhD Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2174

Koch Brothers Are Destroying Democracy In America 1 DhhD Mar 2014 Jun 2014 4 3334

Federal Judge sides with MoveOn.org in Bobby Jindel Billboard Lawsuit 2 DhhD Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2293

MoveOn to be sued over its Billboard against Jidal for not expanding Medicaid. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 2461

R-Senator Vitter Running for Governor of Louisiana with the Koch Brothers. 0 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2016

Louisiana Continued...

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NOLA areas for LGBT 5 irisblue Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2292

Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin found guilty on bribery charges 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1740

Gov. Jindal announces International Shipholding Corp. will relocate to New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1734

Prosecution rests in Ray Nagin corruption trial 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1658

Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’ 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2290

Battle of the brands: A newspaper war in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2185

Louisiana high court reverses $258 million verdict against J&J regarding Risperdal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1788

Ray Nagin faces trial to decide his fate on federal corruption charges 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2083

Public Schools and God 0 packman Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1736

thinking about retiring to NOLA. Advice? Insights? 2 irisblue Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2222

Shreveport passes nondiscrimination ordinance, Baton Rouge law stalls 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 1923

Police: Alleged pot-smoking ghost hunters burn down Louisiana plantation 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2482

Newly elected Republican Vance McAllister Wants to Accept the Medicaid Expansion of the ACA. 0 DhhD Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1970

Do any Louisiana DUers have contacts in Lafourche? 4 intaglio Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2560

Obama Spars With Louisiana Governor Over Healthcare Law 1 DhhD Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2767

Mary Landrieu 0 locks Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1863

hey lets give the tea party and Cruz a hand to unemployment 0 luckyleftyme2 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1574

Sen. Mary Landrieu sticks with health care law 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Oct 2013 5 3556

Subsidy Calculator for low income families and singles on ACA premiums. 3 DhhD Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2641

Find out if you qualify for low cost ACA premiums. 0 DhhD Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1801

Solar Jobs Comparison — Louisiana vs. Georgia 0 kristopher Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1752

Shell announces Gulf Coast site for potential multibillion-dollar plant 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1944

Feds, Jindal clash over possible resolution of school vouchers suit 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1619

Gov. Bobby Jindal calls legal challenge to school vouchers 'immoral' 5 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 3144

Lax chlorine standards likely contributed to brain-eating amoeba in St. Bernard water 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2073

Jindal won't reappoint 2 levee officials who support lawsuit against oil companies 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1879

Louisiana, Baton Rouge governments apparently have more than enough money 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1719

St. James Parish residents tell Corps of Engineers: We need levee protection, too 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1692

Jindalcare to coexist with Obamacare 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1663

Gov. Jindal is wrong to cling to his opposition of the Affordable Care Act 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2255

Louisiana Continued...

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OTJ Training @ the Fire Station? 2nd Shreveport firefighter arrested in prostitution investigation 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2156

BP says rejection of private oil spill claims appeal could scuttle whole settlement 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1845

Oystermen claim state regulations violate their privacy 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2181

Louisiana suing Texas Brine over Assumption sinkhole 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2071

Oldest dad? 85-year-old ex-Louisiana governor, wife welcome baby boy 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 3901

Centenary College giving hits three-year high 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1871

New Orleans inspector general argues School Board must cough up financial records 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1900

36 groups receiving state money are not playing by the rules, Louisiana treasurer says 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1824

State Treasurer John Kennedy 'seriously' considering running for governor 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1618

Jindal to be featured at conservative conference in Florida 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1627

Teachers union sues state for $200 million; second $65 million suit possible 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1780

AAUP censures Southern University 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1925

Westbound I-10 in Metairie to see major disruption Tuesday night 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1683

Shreveport man, 31, accused of egging neighbor's home 5 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3434

Louisiana House and Senate reach budget compromise; Jindal says he will sign off on plan 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1622

House Democrats say Jindal bowed to 'political reality' in shelving tax plan 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2008

Cancer screening cut from state budget: Letter 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2013 Apr 2013 6 1940

Jindal's tax swap proposal has jumped to a 6.25% state sales tax 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2410

Southeastern Louisiana University finds 137 ineligible athletes competed 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1935

St. Charles Parish residents disturbed, disheartened by new flood insurance maps 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 3214

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