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A new Louisiana bill would require people to pay to use New Orleans streetcar images
26 Mar 2024 10:19 GMT
… , signed under the late former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, that allows the S…
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From Acadians to Blue Dogs, Rodrigue's work covers Cajun culture from past to future
28 Mar 2024 19:59 GMT
… while undeniably a product of Louisiana, incorporating landscapes, people and folktales … like Paul Prudhomme, Drew Brees, Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Mikhail Gorbachev. Visitors can … Rodrigue’s legacy as a Louisiana painter.
Jacques Rodrigues leads seventh …
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Want to ride a motorcycle without a helmet? Louisiana lawmakers consider allowing it
21 Mar 2024 20:46 GMT
Louisiana motorcyclists could soon enjoy … state House, would let Louisiana residents over the age of … choice to wear a helmet. Gov. Kathleen Blanco in 2004 asked lawmakers to … in incidents on Louisiana roadways, according to the Louisiana Highway Safety …
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What's going on with the Tunica Hills State Preservation Area? Curious Louisiana investigates.
21 Mar 2024 16:01 GMT
… s been planned since Kathleen Blanco was lieutenant governor and two years … beauty located near the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola … office.
In 1981, during Gov. David Treen's … was announced by Gov. John Bel Edwards, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, …
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Gov. Jeff Landry will keep Louisiana’s longtime prisons chief in place
16 Jan 2024 04:43 GMT
… to reduce Louisiana’s prison population. But the new governor apparently doesn … years, serving under Edwards and Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Landry’s decision … , held the job under Govs. Kathleen Blanco, Mike Foster and Edwin Edwards …
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Who will run Louisiana’s prison system for Jeff Landry? The incoming governor hasn’t said
07 Jan 2024 17:49 GMT
… Kathleen Blanco.
The Louisiana Sheriffs Association – an important political constituency for any governor … the sheriffs’ needs. In Louisiana, the sheriffs worked closely … gubernatorial cabinet positions – Louisiana Economic Development secretary and the …
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On way out, Gov. John Bel Edwards ramps up relief for life prisoners
30 Dec 2023 22:37 GMT
… unseen in decades from a Louisiana governor.
Edwards has commuted the sentences … in a statement.
Edwards, a Democrat in an increasingly GOP-dominated … 1,200 Louisiana prisoners.
In the mid-2000s, then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco commuted the …
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Daughter of late Gov. Kathleen Blanco wants professional, transparent LCG
26 Sep 2023 12:41 GMT
… of the late Kathleen Blanco, the first woman elected governor of Louisiana, who also … Public Service Commission and lieutenant governor’s office.
Her father, the … president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, who pulled strings …
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John Bel Edwards touts gains, says Louisiana is better off after his 8 years as governor
22 Dec 2023 20:16 GMT
… he received from his predecessor, Gov. Kathleen Blanco.
“John Bel Edwards has represented … authority, and the crisis passed.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, right, looks … .
The Deep South’s only Democrat governor pushes back on critics who …
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Governor of disaster: John Bel Edwards led Louisiana through crisis after crisis
22 Dec 2023 17:34 GMT
… not the first Louisiana governor to face difficult situations.
Kathleen Blanco had the overwhelming … governor and state lawmakers have historically been aligned, but Edwards, a Democrat … , Edwards said he hopes Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, who takes …