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A four quarter fix
You don’t put on a tuxedo to go to McDonalds and you don’t get on an airplane to visit your neighbor across the street. It would be silly to take such grand steps to accomplish something quite simple. […]
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Paving the Road to Safer Louisiana Highways
Louisiana’s definition of a distracted or inattentive driver is one who is actively engaged in any activity that diverts his/her attention away from the task of driving. […]
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A Contract with Louisiana
In 1994, after two years under the Clinton administration and decades more toiling as the minority party in Congress, Republicans decided they needed a plan to better communicate with the American people and detail the specific actions they promised to take if they assumed leadership in Congress in the upcoming elections. […]
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Political History: JBJ’s Dinner at Galatoire’s
On the Friday before Mardi Gras in 1987, then-U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston decided to take a break from the hustle and bustle of Capitol Hill to enjoy Carnival in New Orleans. […]
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Political History: Alexander Hamilton and the Louisiana spy
July 11, 1804 marked the 215th anniversary of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton being mortally wounded in a dual. […]
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LDH receives federal grant to combat maternal opioid misuse
The Louisiana Department of Health has been selected as one of 10 states that have been awarded the Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model grant by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center. […]
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Political History: Ellender’s impeachment document
The recent impeachment proceedings in the U.S. House of Representatives has no doubt made a few Louisiana political junkies reflect on the similar proceedings brought against Late Gov. Huey P. Long. […]
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Louisianans want more opportunity, not excuses
This small business owner echoed the collective cry of Louisiana voters when they elected a whole new type of legislator in the 2019 cycle. […]
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2020 election battles are underway
Louisiana’s first major municipal race of the new cycle (let’s just go ahead and admit we’re in the next election cycle) is already underway ahead of the 2020 spring ballot. […]