Tag: Louisiana

Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about an expected $300 million-plus surplus Louisiana will have from the last budget year, while Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson listen to his remarks, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La.

Louisiana voters reject trial lawyers’ shakedown

Quin Hillyer · December 13, 2018 4:09 pm

In this Thursday, May 8, 2014 photo, an overweight man wears a shirt patterned after the American flag during a visit to the World Trade Center, in New York.

Nearly 1/3 of American adults are obese: Study

Katelyn Caralle · December 12, 2018 5:05 pm

Just like the sterile clinic, the story's scrubbed of any reference to abortion. (Image courtesy Twitter)

Supreme Court declines to hear cases defunding Planned Parenthood

Kimberly Leonard · December 10, 2018 3:25 pm

Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La., plans to run for governor.

House Republican announces bid to unseat Louisiana's Democratic governor: 'I intend to win'

Naomi Lim · December 6, 2018 10:31 pm

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives at the Capitol in Washington.

John Kennedy decides against Louisiana governor bid, will remain in Senate

Al Weaver · December 3, 2018 3:18 pm

A gopher frog at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.

Beltway Confidential

The Supreme Court’s Louisiana frog ruling is no bull

Quin Hillyer · November 28, 2018 9:14 pm

Election 2018: Criminal justice reform measures to watch, by state

Kelly Cohen · November 7, 2018 12:12 am

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., looks over at Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., while they participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014.

Beltway Confidential

Bizarre: Heidi Heitkamp’s secret weapon is … lobbyist Mary Landrieu?

Philip Wegmann · October 25, 2018 8:25 pm

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to reporters.

Republican senator to anti-Kavanaugh protester’s children: ‘Your parents are using you as tools’

Diana Stancy Correll · October 12, 2018 9:49 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, walks across the plaza on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018.

Adam Schiff opens door to impeaching Trump over family tax fraud

Diana Stancy Correll · October 3, 2018 8:33 pm

While some important uses for natural gas are falling, without the need to power or heat large office spaces and some non-essential manufacturing facilities, demand has picked up in other places, such as in feedstock for plastics used to make key health equipment.

Beltway Confidential

‘Horsefeathers,’ rules judge against federal government in drilling case

William Perry Pendley · October 1, 2018 4:00 am

Appeals court upholds Louisiana law imposing restrictions on abortion doctors

Robert King · September 27, 2018 4:24 pm