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After Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards' victory, election for state Democratic chair has new importance 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1744
LSU Sigma Chi fraternity closed by international organization and kicked off campus 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2121
Heads up! Jindal farewell tour coming soon to city near you 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1913
Longtime warden of Angola prison in Louisiana to resign 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1915
State could pay $100,000 for Planned Parenthood appeal 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1910
John Bel Edwards selects Jay Dardenne to lead state government 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2289
Louisiana senators to Gov. Bobby Jindal: Let's speed up Medicaid expansion process 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 5 1962
Bobby Jindal, David Vitter leave Louisiana Republican leadership vacuum 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2268
Incoming Louisiana Governor Will Protect LGBT State Workers Via Executive Order 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2058
Louisiana State Sen. Troy Brown charged with domestic abuse battery 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 2342
Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards’ Medicaid expansion timeline hits bump in road; here's what's next 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 2576
How Bobby Jindal's meteoric rise in GOP ended with him crashing down to earth 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 2241
Former governor Edwin Edwards hospitalized but expected to be discharged soon 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1651
Bobby Jindal’s presidential campaign cost the state at least $400K 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1810
Loser Diaper Dave Vitter will not seek reelection 5 fleur-de-lisa Nov 2015 Nov 2015 5 3571
16 shot during Sunday outing in New Orleans park 7 LiberalArkie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 3457
Poll: David Vitter closing in on John Bel Edwards; separate pollster predicts big win for Edwards 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 3197
Text VOTE to 47246 to find your polling place—then go make your voice heard! 3 riversedge Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 2506
New Orleans mom says school staffer choked her daughter 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1898
Zachary man and woman admit to scheme to steal more than $1 million from Medicaid via false claims 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1693
David Vitter, John Bel Edwards both seek to reject Jindal's plan to plug $500 million deficit 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 2520
Louisiana put on high alert, warned of man attempting to regain entry into state (xpost from GD) 0 KamaAina Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 1968
With expected $500 million shortfall, Jindal administration promises plan to balance budget 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 2295
Jabs about prostitution scandal, Obama, Jindal make for boisterous governor's debate 5 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 3469
From Tea Party rallies to A-A church services, gubernatorial candidates spend day getting vote out 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 2041
John Bel Edwards campaign raises 10-plus times as much as David Vitter in past 10 days 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 2859
Work requirement for food stamp recipients 'unreasonably harsh,' must go, group tells Jindal 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 2145
Lafayette’s Cajundome in line for extensive, $20 million makeover 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1808
Jury convicts ex-Orleans judge Yolanda King for lying about where she lived 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1797
One-liners, attacks on personal records punctuate spirited John Bel Edwards-David Vitter debate 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1759

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What to expect in John Bel Edwards-David Vitter televised debate Tuesday night: 'The gloves will be 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 2143
Prostitution scandal, surveillance, campaign ads all come up at David Vitter, John Bel Edwards’ firs 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1841
Vitter disses Louisiana's solar tax credits, not a word about the state's tax breaks for oil and gas 2 LiberalArkie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 2211
Bobby Jindal administration files appeal of Planned Parenthood ruling 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1947
Crossing party lines has happened before in Louisiana - a look at the 1979 governor’s race 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1801
Jay Dardenne's endorsement of John Bel Edwards stirs up gov’s race 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1830
Poll: John Bel Edwards leads David Vitter in gubernatorial runoff 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 2907
P.I. who found alleged Vitter prostitute was at Normand breakfast meeting while Vitter's spy watched 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 2465
Bobby Jindal ordered to continue funding Planned Parenthood for foreseeable future 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1812
New Orleans firefighters' union votes to approve $75 million pension deal 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1914
David Vitter campaign doesn't expect Bobby Jindal's endorsement 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1808
The strategy of Sen. Vitter to tie Edwards to Pres. Obama is the wrong idea in the governor's race 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1759
Here are Edwards, Vitter's radically different ideas on how to improve Louisiana public schools 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1944
Expect a brawl in Louisiana gubernatorial contest 4 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 8 2796
Private investigator linked to Vitter campaign arrested, accused of recording Sheriff Newell Normand 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 2114
An open line. Plus, Waltons, other billionaires take La. board of education 0 LiberalArkie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1732
Anyone know how the voter turnout is in Louisiana today? 4 LiberalArkie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2460
Louisiana high court rejects Jindal Common Core appeal 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2465
Insurance commissioner: Office of Motor Vehicle’s attempt to collect old fines 'fundamentally unfair 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1850
Scott Angelle launches most pointed attack yet on Vitter's prostitution scandal in final debate 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1855
Federal judge issues temporary restraining order blocking state plan to halt Planned Parenthood 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 2051
Vitter has learned from Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal that there is a strategy to dodging debates 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1729
Louisiana man, paid by the call to fight fires, arrested for setting 6 blazes 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2115
David Vitter's $4.5M spend in last 20 days still leaves him top dog in governor's race 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1786
3 Louisiana governor candidates provide more budget details at debate. David Vitter's absent. 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1661
Jindal is to blame when it comes to Louisiana not meeting federal standards with the new Real ID law 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1663
David Vitter's latest television ad features his wife Wendy 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2349
George Soros is spending $256k on a Louisiana political race 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1878
The speech none of our gubernatorial candidates can give: Robert Mann 1 n2doc Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1918
RGA entering Louisiana governor’s race to target Democrat John Bel Edwards 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2005

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Louisiana gubernatorial debate: 5 things we learned 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1823
Hillary Clinton sends Bobby Jindal, other Republicans copy of her book 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2105
So far U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s gubernatorial campaign has been sadly lacking in substance 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2193
Despite positive evaluations, most state employees did not get their Oct. 1 pay raises 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2100
Louisiana preschools might lose $22.5 million in federal funding 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1741
Abortion clinic lawsuit costs rising; Contract benefits La. legislator 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1909
Democratic candidate backs expanding Medicaid, GOP too but with conditions 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1754
Mitch Landrieu describes being held up at gunpoint as teen 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1685
State officials estimating Louisiana ended latest fiscal year in the red 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1888
Boil water advisory issued for east bank of New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1736
Democratic state Rep John Bel Edwards promotes life story to voters in race for governor 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1827
Officials want next governor to claim funds that Bobby Jindal refused to use on proposed rail line 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1951
At forum, David Vitter asked about prostitution scandal, says he doesn't appreciate 'gotcha' inquiry 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 2366
Contempt all around in firefighter dispute as New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu battles house arrest 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 2086
David Duke joins student demonstration on LSU’s campus in support of Confederate symbols 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1717
New Orleans Baptist pastor commits suicide after his name appeared on Ashley Madison list 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 2485
LSU student arrested, accused of punching female student at frat house, breaking her nose 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 2154
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu found in contempt of court on pension fund overhaul 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 2611
Bobby Jindal administration says jailed Kentucky clerk would be protected in Louisiana 9 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 3546
Gube candidates criticize Jindal for being absent from state, and Vitter for being absent from forum 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1758
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