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Company to Pay $9.5 Million for False Reporting That Led to Explosion in Gulf of Mexico 1 nitpicker Feb 2017 Feb 2017 3 1880

Confederate flag cake, no. ISIS flag cake, yes. Wal-Mart apologizes after YouTube flap 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1305

Confederate South's Defenders Monument toppled by Hurricane Laura 6 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 14 1277

Congrats, Louisiana. You are 'the epicenter of summertime oppressive weather' 0 fleur-de-lisa Aug 2018 Aug 2018 1 1122

congratulations gov john bel edwards 2 rampartc Nov 2019 Nov 2019 10 1744

Congressman Ralph Abraham enters Louisiana governor's race 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1072

Congressman seeks pledge med school will stay in Shreveport 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 856

Congressman Tied to Anti-Gay Groups Scheduled to Speak at 'Kill the Gays' Pastor's Conference 0 TexasTowelie May 2018 May 2018 2 1135

Conrad to Build Two Tugs for the US Army Corps of Engineers 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 2474

Construction budget for projects across Louisiana signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 792

Contempt all around in firefighter dispute as New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu battles house arrest 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1473

Contractor alleges court conspiracy deprived him of $20M, his rights 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 853

Contractor lied about FEMA pay to bilk hurricane-battered Louisiana town out of $600K, feds say 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 3956

Copy & Forward: October 9, 2012 is the deadline for voter registration in Louisiana 1 OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 1795

Corporate flat tax bill gaining traction in Capitol 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3319

Corps proposes $2 billion, 30.6-mile Upper Barataria levee to protect from 100-year hurricane storm 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 685

Cory Booker in St. James Parish: Corp. polluters attack families, 'steal folks health,' livelihoods 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2075

Could Baton Rouge-New Orleans passenger rail finally happen? Here are Biden, Amtrak plans 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1162

Could Louisiana survive without its colleges and universities? 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1960

Court considers constitutionality of key budget balancing tool 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 873

Court hears ex-BP CEO tape 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1580

Court rules New Orleans must refund more than $25 million red light camera tickets 1 PoliticAverse Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1210

Court ruling on voting rights of felons in Louisiana expected Monday 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1037

Court tie means Louisiana Planned Parenthood keeps funding 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1234

Court upholds public records lawsuit, penalties against Lafayette city marshal 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1020

Court-appointed special education monitors detail how the state picked the wrong New Orleans schools 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 831

COVID-19 numbers increasing the fastest in Louisiana, Gov. Edwards says 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1216

Crabs and shrimp are looking for love, finding sickness at the polluted Deepwater Horizon spill site 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 894

Criminal justice bills head to governor 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 1022

Crossing party lines has happened before in Louisiana - a look at the 1979 governor’s race 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1211

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CURRENT CDC DISASTER SHELTER GUIDANCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 4 BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1334

Dallas firm's 162-mile pipeline through nation's largest river swamp gets its day in court 0 TexasTowelie May 2018 May 2018 2 1135

Dancers, Bourbon St. workers protest strip club closures 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1236

Database showing lower New Orleans levee heights incorrect, officials say; overtopping unlikely 4 fleur-de-lisa Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1127

David Duke joins student demonstration on LSU’s campus in support of Confederate symbols 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1174

David Duke to debate at historically black college 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1293

David Vitter campaign doesn't expect Bobby Jindal's endorsement 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1221

David Vitter marches toward pinata status 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1564

David Vitter's $4.5M spend in last 20 days still leaves him top dog in governor's race 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1256

David Vitter's latest television ad features his wife Wendy 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1668

David Vitter, John Bel Edwards both seek to reject Jindal's plan to plug $500 million deficit 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1727

DEA issues first immediate suspension of opioid sales to a wholesaler since 2012 2 TexasTowelie May 2018 May 2018 2 1172

Deal brokered: Louisiana House advances sales tax bill; here are next steps 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 956

Dean Foods ending production at Shreveport plant: 170 jobs lost 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2231

Death penalty lives on in Louisiana after House committee rejects bid to end practice 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 1 2429

Deeper draft in Mississippi River means billions in revenue, 17,000 new jobs nationwide 5 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 3 2096

Defendants whose non-unanimous convictions were tossed take plea deals on lesser charges 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1139

Deficit that sparked special session only the latest as leaders look for stability 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1033

Delhi farmer pleads guilty to lying to various business and government entities to steal nearly $17M 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 839

Delhi Farmer Sentenced for Lying to Various Business and Government Entities to Steal Nearly $18 Mil 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1123

Democrat Caroline Fayard launches U.S. Senate bid 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1634

Democratic and Republican party heads criticize David Duke's participation in statewide debate 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1399

Democratic candidate backs expanding Medicaid, GOP too but with conditions 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1177

democratic candidates to replace cedric richmond 0 rampartc Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1039

Democratic National Committee billboard finds correct placement by New Orleans airport 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 4 1517

Democratic state Rep John Bel Edwards promotes life story to voters in race for governor 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1248

Democrats pitch second majority-minority district in Congress for Louisiana; Republicans resist 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 2093

Denka-area cancer study to start soon; Louisiana health officials lay out blueprint 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1088

Despite positive evaluations, most state employees did not get their Oct. 1 pay raises 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1419

Dire warning from governor: Louisiana could reach COVID-19 worst-case scenario 15 fleur-de-lisa Mar 2020 Mar 2020 10 1944

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Dispute over Gov. Jindal’s executive order on same-sex marriage is a ‘political disagreement,’ 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1386

Divisive New Orleans street gets a harmonious new name 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 38 3068

Dixie Cab in Lafayette faces permit suspension for not paying traffic camera fines 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 954

Do any Louisiana DUers have contacts in Lafourche? 4 intaglio Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2232

Do You Have a License for That Bouquet? 1 question everything Aug 2018 Aug 2018 6 1418

DON'T BE SUCKERED BY MITT 0 luckyleftyme2 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 1467

Donna Brazile: LSU 'will receive all of my papers,' including all assessments DNC received for 2016 6 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2067

Don’t expect Sen. Vitter to cough up $70K to pay for legal fees to his campaign operation 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1223

Double murder suspect, out on bond, murdered while heading to court 0 Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 Mar 2022 4 2150

Drinking game may have preceded fraternity pledge's death 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2087

East St. Tammany chamber alleges fraud in lawsuit against former CEO 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 761

Edwards family evacuates after Louisiana Governor's Mansion floods 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1472

Edwards raises more in governor's race 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 916

Edwards refuses request to end federal jobless aid for now 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1663

Edwards: Special session on taxes more likely every day 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 4209

Eight days after Hurricane Ida, 71 percent of New Orleans electricity restored 12 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 29 1961

Elected officials drag feet on new EPA report as news of chemical exposure trickles out to residents 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 945

Elizabeth Warren to speak at Dillard University in New Orleans 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 867

elrction nov 16. early voting starts saturday. 0 rampartc Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1120

Emergency declared in New Orleans as flood threat looms 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 4381

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