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Interactive map: See how each Louisiana parish is handling issuing same-sex marriage licenses 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1562

Mom booked after 3-year-old tests + for cocaine; police find the pair in apt. covered in dog feces 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1502

Confederate flag cake, no. ISIS flag cake, yes. Wal-Mart apologizes after YouTube flap 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1411

Most Louisiana parishes issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples Monday, group says 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1381

Gov. Jindal signs marijuana penalty reduction 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1421

Texas, Wisconsin decisions key in Louisiana abortion clinic case 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1299

Vitter tweet from Chick-fil-A draws ire and support on day of gay marriage ruling 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2402

Louisiana holds the line on same-sex marriage; while many states move ahead, no licenses issued 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 2036

Liberal is no longer a dirty word 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 6 1595

Truckers protest Port of New Orleans terminal operators for second day 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1118

IBM Punishes Louisiana For Governor’s Anti-Gay Executive Order 0 Panich52 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 9 1426

LSU officials express disappointment following latest arrest of university football players 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1479

Retirement System's trustees benefited from extravagant spending, former director says 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1482

Company claims Jindal administration’s selection of another firm based on bias 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1378

2015 Louisiana Legislative session: The winners and the losers 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1428

1,000 contractors locked in a Methanex site during Tuesday’s storm — workers claim padlocked gates v 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2076

Baton Rouge child found dead in day care vehicle; owner recently lost license to care for children 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1756

Red River in Shreveport still projected to crest Sunday at 36.5 feet 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1232

New law lets you buy fireworks 10 days earlier in Louisiana, in time for Juneteenth 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1282

Louisiana Senate rejects push to give lawmakers special gun rights 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1451

Prosecution: Ex-BP exec lied; defense: no motive to lie 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1326

Tax holiday OK for guns, not so for storm and school supplies says Senate committee 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1672

Billionaire Tom Benson trial resumes in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1367

Long before criminal indictment, Dennis Hastert had a Katrina problem 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1798

Deeper draft in Mississippi River means billions in revenue, 17,000 new jobs nationwide 5 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 3 2213

3 Louisiana congressional members ask more time to file personal finances 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1321

Mary Landrieu takes job at Washington lobbying firm 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1463

Bill to reduce marijuana penalties in Louisiana passes full Senate 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1338

Tuition vouchers program puts kids in private schools, some costs on taxpayers dime 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1451

French Quarter restaurant employee fired after racial slur printed on customer's receipt 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 5 1769

Louisiana Continued...

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Louisiana House wants Bobby Jindal's office to pay for his travel expenses 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1391

NY lawmakers want to enact non-essential travel ban to Louisiana following Gov. Bobby Jindal’s E. O. 3 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 5 1893

BobbyJindal plans to issue an executive order enforcing intent of religious freedom bill 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1353

Man in loud shirt, three others in custody for murder of ex-wife 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 3 3060

Jindal's lack of leadership a major disappointment 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1508

Baton Rouge, New Orleans law firms, others agree to $4.9 million Stanford settlement 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1307

Baton Rouge filmmaker admits to defrauding the state’s film tax credit program in 2010 and 2011 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1871

Caddo Parish Commissioner Williams pleads not guilty to wire fraud 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1196

David Vitter marches toward pinata status 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1665

Louisiana travels down road of neglect 4 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1894

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu appropriates $5M to firefighter pension fund 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1711

House raises $664M; members say it will save higher ed; probably 'the single largest tax hike day' 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1337

Louisiana's medical marijuana legislation slides through Senate, headed to House 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1346

House committee OKs anti-union bill to strip dues deduction 0 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 0 1294

Bobby Jindal has concerns about Orleans Parish sex education proposal 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1713

Three suspects with machine guns fire on New Orleans Police Department officers 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2397

FBI investigating Senate President John Alario, sources say 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1382

Baton Rouge, New Orleans business leaders looking for common ground to advance region’s interests 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1545

State backing for new Baton Rouge Children’s Hospital sought in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1193

Road, bridge aid sparking spate of bills in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1251

Pregnant woman shot, killed overnight in Baton Rouge; unborn child delivered at hospital 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1575

Caddo Parish (Shreveport) DA Charles Scott died of heart disease in Baton Rouge hotel room 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1301

Jindal and ... twerking elephants? Special animation shows how governor is trying to dance to WH 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1966

Louisiana Governor Jindal To Hold Prayer Revival 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 3798

Hi! Can anyone here tell me what is up with the Wright/Skrmetta race? 2 Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 Dec 2014 0 1758

Man shot, killed by Centenary College officer 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2102

Louisiana hospitals should not be billing rape victims for treatment: lawmakers 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1568

'Major' Oil Spill Strikes Louisiana, Threatens Waterways 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 2249

Times-Picayune Endorses D-Senator Mary Landrieu Over The Republican Candidate 2 DhhD Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1936

New Orleans Union Membership Set to Double After Hotel and Casino Workers Win 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1532

Louisiana Continued...

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Bobby Jindal, former biology scholar, won’t say whether he believes in evolution 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1840

‘Sons of Guns’ reality show star Will Hayden charged with raping another child 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1872

Autopsy report shows Louisiana police lied about suspect’s suicide by shooting self in back 9 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 19 3480

Tea Party of Louisiana: Common Core turns kids gay, and this parody website proves it 1 Katashi_itto Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2024

New Documentary Coming: Citzens Koch. 1 DhhD Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2001

Koch Brothers Are Destroying Democracy In America 1 DhhD Mar 2014 Jun 2014 4 3137

Federal Judge sides with MoveOn.org in Bobby Jindel Billboard Lawsuit 2 DhhD Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2115

MoveOn to be sued over its Billboard against Jidal for not expanding Medicaid. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 2225

R-Senator Vitter Running for Governor of Louisiana with the Koch Brothers. 0 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1880

NOLA areas for LGBT 5 irisblue Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2037

Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin found guilty on bribery charges 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1641

Gov. Jindal announces International Shipholding Corp. will relocate to New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1612

Prosecution rests in Ray Nagin corruption trial 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1541

Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’ 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2133

Battle of the brands: A newspaper war in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2074

Louisiana high court reverses $258 million verdict against J&J regarding Risperdal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1694

Ray Nagin faces trial to decide his fate on federal corruption charges 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1938

Public Schools and God 0 packman Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1622

thinking about retiring to NOLA. Advice? Insights? 2 irisblue Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2050

Shreveport passes nondiscrimination ordinance, Baton Rouge law stalls 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 1783

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