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Edwin Edwards’ Income
As a requirement for running for Congress in the 6th District, former Gov. Edwin Edwards has filed his financial disclosure statement with the U.S. House. It shows his income in 2013 totaling $242,787. Released
Read More »As Lawmakers Complain, Jindal’s Numbers Climb
When higher education officials were scrambling to figure out whether they would need a seed loan to cover cash-flow payments, Gov. Bobby Jindal was in New York attending a meeting of the Republican Governor’s
Read More »ANOTHER SUPER PAC TIPTOES INTO SENATE RACE
Why should U.S. Sen. David Vitter have all the fun? He shouldn’t, according to the architects of the new Blue Pelican Super PAC that’s being built up to support the re-election of senior Sen.
Read More »VITTER COULD USE A LIGHT TOUCH
Jimmy Kimmel Live regularly features its “Mean Tweets,” in which celebrities, from Katy Perry to Larry King, read some awful things tweeted about them. A couple of weeks ago, in a segment on Congress,
Read More »O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
If Treasurer John Kennedy does indeed run for governor in 2015, as will Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, one of the sideshow stories you’ll hear will concern the different camps the treasurer and his brother,
Read More »NATIONAL GROUPS INVADING LOUISIANA
In the 1983 governor’s race, before there were limits on political contributions, Louis Roussel, Jr., the oil tycoon, banker and racetrack owner, gave $100,000 to Edwin Edwards’ campaign. Government reformers of the day cited
Read More »TEAM JINDAL MEETS JOE FRIDAY
Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols must have known what would come next when she announced a $4.2 million state contract with an out-of-state consulting firm to come up with recommendations of how to reduce
Read More »ISSUES WILL SOUND FAMILIAR IN 2014
The new year will feature old issues for the Louisiana Legislature, starting with a state budget that’s beginning to pull itself out of the muck, but may not be in the black for the
Read More »LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR POST DRAWS INTEREST
With Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne expected to announce he’s running for governor — he already has a campaign website — the post he would vacate is attracting a large field of potential successors. Baton
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