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Louisiana Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Louisiana.

Results 1 - 20 of 38,420 in Louisiana

  1. LA lawmaker loses committee chairmanship after sterilization remarkRead the original story

    53 min ago | KSLA-TV Shreveport

    ... Tucker announced. Tucker said the Legislature soon will begin debating ways to improve and change health care in Louisiana, and he said LaBruzzo's statements damaged his leadership abilities. "Some of the comments made by Rep. LaBruzzo recently have ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Metro, Metairie, LA, Terrytown, LA

  2. Long lines for people trying to register and vote for Nov, electionsRead the original story

    54 min ago | KSLA-TV Shreveport

    If you want to register and vote in the presidential elections n November 4th, Monday is the last day in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

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    Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, Shreveport Metro, Montgomery, LA

  3. TPC Louisiana repaired, tournament-readyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    A little more than a month after the winds from Hurricane Gustav blew through south Louisiana, a golf tournament was held at TPC Louisiana on Monday.

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  4. Odds and Ends:Woof and worship: Church welcomes pious petsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Daily Illini

    ... leads to burglary suspects CHALMETTE, La. - Police didn't have to look far to find the stolen possessions of a Louisiana family whose house was burglarized while they were away. Their distinctive blanket, which had a dog pattern, was hanging in ...

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  5. 5th Circuit ordered to review appealsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    ... as 2,500 writ applications by criminal defendants who did not have lawyers, according to a petition filed with the Louisiana Supreme Court in June. Their cases stem from district courts in Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James ...

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    Related Topix: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Gretna, LA

  6. Writer Sprinkled Tales With Cajun SpiceRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Free Lance-Star

    ... including the traditional ending: "Snip, snap, snout! This tale's told out!" Foolish Jack is reborn as a Louisiana possum in Salley's "Epossumondas," illustrated by Janet Stevens. "Epossumondas was his mama's and his auntie's sweet little patootie," ...

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  7. Citizens increases rates by average of 14%Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    ... an average 14 percent rate increase that policyholders would begin paying early next year. Officials of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. voted 4-3 for the rate increase, which will mean an increase of $224 to $240 a year for the ...

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    Related Topix: Opelousas, LA

  8. LaBruzzo stripped of post on House health committeeRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    ... R-Algiers, said the Legislature "will undertake the enormous and difficult task of reforming health care in Louisiana in the next several months. Some of the comments made by Rep. LaBruzzo recently have impeded his abilities to help lead critical ...

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    Related Topix: Metairie, LA, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bobby Jindal, US Governors

  9. Senate candidates square off on energy, Iraq war, bailoutRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    ... the GOP presidential ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Polls have shown McCain running well ahead of Obama in Louisiana, while Kennedy has been trailing Landrieu by double-digit margins. "John McCain is my kind of guy, and Sarah Palin is my ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John McCain

  10. He's a bayou guyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    "My earliest memory is of being about 7 years old and pulling in a 5-pound redfish," writer Ken Wells told an appreciative audience at the Louisiana Book Festival Saturday.

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    Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Violet, LA

  11. Wings of hopeRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    ... had him there in three." Lehmann, a flying enthusiast, is a board member and volunteer for Pilots for Patients, a Louisiana nonprofit group that organizes pilots to provide free transportation for those who need to get to hospitals or other medical ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Metro

  12. Contractors in grip of high gas pricesRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Times-Picayune

    ... Larger jobs are available, but those would require traveling to harder-hit communities in the western part of Louisiana and Texas, trips that aren't always possible in an environment of high gas prices. "Gas is still a primary factor in the jobs I'm ...

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    Related Topix: Waggaman, LA, New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Metro

  13. Sterilizing Women RevokedRead the original story

    1 hr ago | KATC

    ... Tucker announced. Tucker said the Legislature soon will begin debating ways to improve and change health care in Louisiana, and he said LaBruzzo's statements damaged his leadership abilities. "Some of the comments made by Rep. LaBruzzo recently have ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Metairie, LA, Terrytown, LA

  14. Disaster food stamps benefit 1.5 millionRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

    ... designated for victims of Hurricane Gustav. About 68,000 households were given more than $22 million in benefits. Louisiana has also processed 3,647 Texas households and issued $1.2 million in disaster food stamp benefits to those families who ...

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    Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro, Hurricane, Hurricane Gustav, Weather

  15. Large mixed-use real estate project in progress near New OrleansRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Security Technology & Design

    ... in Slidell is expected to have its first phase complete in 2010. Half of these projects will rise alongside Louisiana Highway 21. The concentration of new development reflects a growing westward migration of commercial and residential activity from ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Metro, Slidell, LA, Madisonville, LA

  16. Dye Goes CrazyRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | WIAT-TV Birmingham

    ... president. Auburn and Arkansas - ain't either one of them worth a damn. Y'all have had floods all down here, in Louisiana and Texas, and hurricanes, and floods up there in the midwest. We're in the middle of a three-year drought where I live. "And ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Sports, Alabama Crimson Tide NCAA Football, University of Alabama NCAA, NCAA Football, John Parker Wilson

  17. Younga s Johnson picks PurdueRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Inside Scoop

    ... Boilermakers, Ohio State and Marquette. He was also being recruited by Kentucky, Texas, Southern Cal, Tennessee, Louisiana State and California among others. Younga s lineup could feature five Division I-calibre players. Along with Johnson, junior ...

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  18. Landrieu and Kennedy debateRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | WWL-AM New Orleans

    ... year to try to help him win the Senate seat. Kennedy called Landrieu a tax-and-spend liberal who doesn't represent Louisiana values and who was part of an ineffective Washington political system. Listen to the debate: Listen: Landrieu framed herself ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Mary Landrieu, US News, US Senate, Democrat

  19. Black candidates carried white areas in electionRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | WWL-AM New Orleans

    ... runoff, but the apparent racial polarization is less evident when other candidates' votes are examined. Jefferson, Louisiana's first black Congressman since Reconstruction, drew six challengers in Saturday's primary. All but Moreno are black. A ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, William Jefferson, Democrat, Jefferson, LA

  20. Cheney visits La. for Cassidy, Scalise fundraisersRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | KATC

    Vice President Dick Cheney visited Louisiana Monday to help raise money for Republican congressional candidates, including state Sen.

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives