BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – After GOP nominee Donald Trump was the only high-profile figure to visit Louisiana flood victims immediately following unprecedented flooding, the American Red Cross is admitting that getting donations has been tougher than usual.
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” in commenting on the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence response to the devastating flooding in his state Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA) said Trump’s visit and donation
Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey who was criticized for embracing President Obama when he visited that state in the wake of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, blasted Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for attacking Donald Trump’s motives for his visit
BATON ROUGE, LA. – Crossover pop icon Taylor Swift has donated $1 million to help Louisiana flooding victims, who have been suffering from Hurricane Katrina-like flooding in the state’s capital of Baton Rouge and neighboring parishes.
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Authorities went door to door and car to car to check for bodies Tuesday, and homeowners began the heartbreaking task of gathering up soaked family photos and mucking out houses dank with bayou mud, as the floodwaters started to recede across parts of southern Louisiana.
Almost a third of all homes have flooded in Ascension Parish, Louisiana after the region’s levee system failed to keep floodwaters at bay.
Despite thunderstorms calming down during Louisiana’s historic, catastrophic flooding, Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) says that even when the weather no longer appears dangerous in areas like Baton Rouge, the region remains as unsafe as ever.
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana area sheriff rescued a family — including an infant — from their home during the widespread flooding across the state while officials are now saying over 20,000 residents have been rescued in the crisis.
“There are folks like me all across the country,” John Bel Edwards reportedly said. “I would just encourage them to become part of the party and become part of the solution, seek elected office so that collectively we can change the Democratic Party on this issue.”
Louisiana now has the dubious distinction as the state with the highest reported number of recently resettled refugees with active TB —at least among the five states that have confirmed to Breitbart that refugees resettled in their state have either arrived with active TB, or developed it within the first year of their arrival.
On May 13, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) signed legislation which will now allow veterans to acquire a concealed weapon license for free.
A bill to eliminate fees associated with acquiring a concealed handgun permit is sitting on Louisiana Governor John Bel Edward’s (D) desk.
Thursday, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) addressed the state of Louisiana to discuss the $940 million deficit that the state is facing, per NOLA.com. Edwards laid out a plan to straighten out the deficit by the end of June with the
While Vitter’s loss is a setback for Republicans, and provides a boost to Democrats ahead of the 2016 elections, there is a silver lining as well: Edwards ran, and won, on a conservative message.
AP Reports that Republican Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) says he is not going to run again for the U.S. Senate after losing in an upset race for governor to Democrat John Bel Edwards.
According to the newest state-wide poll of Louisiana taken Thursday, Republican gubernatorial candidate David Vitter has inched to within just 4 points of his Democrat opponent, John Bel Edwards. Earlier in the month, Edwards had been handily beating Vitter by
Jindal had previously sent a letter to President Obama demanding information about the Syrian refugees already entering Louisiana through New Orleans.
Louisiana Democrat gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards says, if elected, he hopes to engage with the “federal authorities” and be partners in the effort to “accommodate” the Syrian “refugees who are fleeing from religious persecution.”
Louisiana Democrat gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards – who has campaigned against his rival, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, by repeatedly pointing out Vitter’s previous sex-scandal – held a “meet and greet” at a New Orleans strip joint on Thursday night.
On Breitbart News Daily Friday morning from Louisiana, Breitbart’s executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon interviewed Louisiana gubernatorial candidate U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R) who is in a tight run-off race with Democrat candidate House minority leader John Bel Edwards.
Parents, teachers, and other citizens who oppose the Common Core standards in Louisiana say corporate cronyism propelled proponents of the highly unpopular reform to win the super-majority in the recent state board of education elections.
