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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu appropriates $5M to firefighter pension fund 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1871
House raises $664M; members say it will save higher ed; probably 'the single largest tax hike day' 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1432
Louisiana's medical marijuana legislation slides through Senate, headed to House 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1467
House committee OKs anti-union bill to strip dues deduction 0 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 0 1397
Bobby Jindal has concerns about Orleans Parish sex education proposal 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1840
Three suspects with machine guns fire on New Orleans Police Department officers 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2724
FBI investigating Senate President John Alario, sources say 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1502
Baton Rouge, New Orleans business leaders looking for common ground to advance region’s interests 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1669
State backing for new Baton Rouge Children’s Hospital sought in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1307
Road, bridge aid sparking spate of bills in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1355
Pregnant woman shot, killed overnight in Baton Rouge; unborn child delivered at hospital 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1710
Caddo Parish (Shreveport) DA Charles Scott died of heart disease in Baton Rouge hotel room 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1391
Jindal and ... twerking elephants? Special animation shows how governor is trying to dance to WH 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2114
Louisiana Governor Jindal To Hold Prayer Revival 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 4255
Hi! Can anyone here tell me what is up with the Wright/Skrmetta race? 2 Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 Dec 2014 0 1857
Man shot, killed by Centenary College officer 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2282
Louisiana hospitals should not be billing rape victims for treatment: lawmakers 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1665
'Major' Oil Spill Strikes Louisiana, Threatens Waterways 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 2442
Times-Picayune Endorses D-Senator Mary Landrieu Over The Republican Candidate 2 DhhD Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2110
New Orleans Union Membership Set to Double After Hotel and Casino Workers Win 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1640
Bobby Jindal, former biology scholar, won’t say whether he believes in evolution 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1982
‘Sons of Guns’ reality show star Will Hayden charged with raping another child 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1988
Autopsy report shows Louisiana police lied about suspect’s suicide by shooting self in back 9 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 19 3836
Tea Party of Louisiana: Common Core turns kids gay, and this parody website proves it 1 Katashi_itto Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2171
New Documentary Coming: Citzens Koch. 1 DhhD Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2167
Koch Brothers Are Destroying Democracy In America 1 DhhD Mar 2014 Jun 2014 4 3320
Federal Judge sides with MoveOn.org in Bobby Jindel Billboard Lawsuit 2 DhhD Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2284
MoveOn to be sued over its Billboard against Jidal for not expanding Medicaid. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 2455
R-Senator Vitter Running for Governor of Louisiana with the Koch Brothers. 0 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2011
NOLA areas for LGBT 5 irisblue Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2276

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Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin found guilty on bribery charges 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1735
Gov. Jindal announces International Shipholding Corp. will relocate to New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1729
Prosecution rests in Ray Nagin corruption trial 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1648
Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’ 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2279
Battle of the brands: A newspaper war in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2180
Louisiana high court reverses $258 million verdict against J&J regarding Risperdal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1781
Ray Nagin faces trial to decide his fate on federal corruption charges 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2071
Public Schools and God 0 packman Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1725
thinking about retiring to NOLA. Advice? Insights? 2 irisblue Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2205
Shreveport passes nondiscrimination ordinance, Baton Rouge law stalls 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 1911
Police: Alleged pot-smoking ghost hunters burn down Louisiana plantation 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2464
Newly elected Republican Vance McAllister Wants to Accept the Medicaid Expansion of the ACA. 0 DhhD Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1965
Do any Louisiana DUers have contacts in Lafourche? 4 intaglio Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2550
Obama Spars With Louisiana Governor Over Healthcare Law 1 DhhD Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2759
Mary Landrieu 0 locks Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1857
hey lets give the tea party and Cruz a hand to unemployment 0 luckyleftyme2 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1571
Sen. Mary Landrieu sticks with health care law 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Oct 2013 5 3545
Subsidy Calculator for low income families and singles on ACA premiums. 3 DhhD Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2631
Find out if you qualify for low cost ACA premiums. 0 DhhD Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1794
Solar Jobs Comparison — Louisiana vs. Georgia 0 kristopher Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1741
Shell announces Gulf Coast site for potential multibillion-dollar plant 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1933
Feds, Jindal clash over possible resolution of school vouchers suit 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1613
Gov. Bobby Jindal calls legal challenge to school vouchers 'immoral' 5 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 3115
Lax chlorine standards likely contributed to brain-eating amoeba in St. Bernard water 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2063
Jindal won't reappoint 2 levee officials who support lawsuit against oil companies 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1868
Louisiana, Baton Rouge governments apparently have more than enough money 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1710
St. James Parish residents tell Corps of Engineers: We need levee protection, too 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1681
Jindalcare to coexist with Obamacare 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1658
Gov. Jindal is wrong to cling to his opposition of the Affordable Care Act 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2247
OTJ Training @ the Fire Station? 2nd Shreveport firefighter arrested in prostitution investigation 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2154

Louisiana Continued...

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BP says rejection of private oil spill claims appeal could scuttle whole settlement 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1835
Oystermen claim state regulations violate their privacy 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2171
Louisiana suing Texas Brine over Assumption sinkhole 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2059
Oldest dad? 85-year-old ex-Louisiana governor, wife welcome baby boy 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 3886
Centenary College giving hits three-year high 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1862
New Orleans inspector general argues School Board must cough up financial records 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1892
36 groups receiving state money are not playing by the rules, Louisiana treasurer says 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1819
State Treasurer John Kennedy 'seriously' considering running for governor 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1613
Jindal to be featured at conservative conference in Florida 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1623
Teachers union sues state for $200 million; second $65 million suit possible 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1774
AAUP censures Southern University 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1915
Westbound I-10 in Metairie to see major disruption Tuesday night 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1675
Shreveport man, 31, accused of egging neighbor's home 5 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3412
Louisiana House and Senate reach budget compromise; Jindal says he will sign off on plan 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1618
House Democrats say Jindal bowed to 'political reality' in shelving tax plan 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1998
Cancer screening cut from state budget: Letter 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2013 Apr 2013 6 1931
Jindal's tax swap proposal has jumped to a 6.25% state sales tax 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2403
Southeastern Louisiana University finds 137 ineligible athletes competed 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1928
St. Charles Parish residents disturbed, disheartened by new flood insurance maps 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 3191
State health chief Greenstein is a “no show” 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1882
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