Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) talked about being a new member of Congress. Topics included his family and community in Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District and who he looks to for…
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Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) gave an update on his state’s Tropical Storm Harvey response and recovery efforts. He said that while several homes and businesses in western Louisiana had flooded and…
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Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) gave an update on his state’s preparations and response to Tropical Storm Harvey. He said that the storm had not been as bad as forecast for Louisiana, but he…
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Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA ) updated reporters on his state’s preparations for Tropical Storm Harvey. He was joined by Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser (R) and William…
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Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) provided an update on preparations in Louisiana ahead of Tropical Storm Harvey’s landfall in the state.
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Former Speaker of the Louisiana House Hunt Downer talked about the political career and assassination of U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, the former Louisiana governor. He was interviewed at the place inside the…
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Secretary of State Tom Schedler gave a tour of the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He talked about the building’s history and restoration and place in the history of Louisiana politics. Topics…
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Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) updated reporters on Louisiana’s preparations for the onslaught of rain moving in its direction from Tropical Storm Harvey. He said his request to the…
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Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) delivered the annual state of the state address to the Louisiana State Legislature in Baton Rouge.
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Elizabeth Crisp reported by telephone on that day’s runoff elections in Louisiana, including how the U.S. Senate race was being viewed as a referendum on the presidential election.
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Five of the 24 candidates in the Louisiana 2016 U.S Senate race, Representatives Charles Boustany (R) and John Fleming (R), Foster Campbell (D), Caroline Fayard (D), and John Kennedy (R),…
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A House subcommittee discussed immigration enforcement in New Louisiana state officials and Department of Justice representatives appeared at a hearing on New Orleans' status as a “sanctuary…
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Following a tour of flood damage in a neighborhood in Zachary, north of Baton Rouge, President Obama spoke to the press about government response and assistance .
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Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) held a press conference on access to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) disaster recovery and temporary housing programs for victims of…
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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA), Representative Cedric Richmond (D-LA), and others spoke to reporters in Baton Rouge about federal, state, and…
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Representative Garret Graves (R-LA) spoke by phone about conditions in his congressional district following historic flooding in his state. He also discussed federal response to the…
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Coral Davenport talked about her story on an unusual $48 million federal grant to relocate an entire community in Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, struggling with the impact of climate change. Her story “Resettling the First American…
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Jeff Adelson joined by phone to talk about the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans.
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John Cummings talked about the Whitney Plantation, a Louisiana plantation dating back to the late 1750s, which Cummings bought and turned into a museum devoted to telling the story of slavery on…
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D) talked about efforts in his city to reduce both its incarceration and crime rates in tandem, the challenges to those efforts, and the lasting effects of Hurricane Katrina on criminal…
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