Topic: Louisiana

Lawmakers' reaction to Obama speech

President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out a plan to "battle" BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as he sought to assure American he is in command of the crisis.. Obama also made an appeal for support of his effort ...
Miss. governor says oil hits the state for the 1st time on barrier islandMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says oil is hitting the state for the first time.Barbour said Tuesday that a two-mile long, three-feet wide strand of caramel-colored oil has been found ...

The Porn Star and the Politician

STORMY DANIELS, a 30-year-old adult film star with more than 150 steamy flicks to her name, is getting set to heat up Louisiana's 2010 Senate race. I was drafted by a group called Draft Stormy, a grassroots movement in Louisiana that wanted ...
Obama officials hear from fisherman, scientists about crisis in coastal LouisianaFishermen, scientists and public officials on Monday urged the Obama administration to deal with south Louisiana's dire problems before the region is lost to the Gulf of Mexico.Several top officials with the ...

Gizzi on Politics

Death of a CrusaderWhen Francis C. Grevemberg died at age 94 on November 24, the press in his native Louisiana and nationwide recalled the heroic exploits of the onetime state police superintendent. In six days, Grevemberg had declared war on all illegal ...
A Democrat's allegation that the Bush administration engaged in a calculated policy of ethnic cleansing after Hurricane Katrina to make Louisiana " Addressing a group of bloggers at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., last week, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) renewed his criticism ...
House Democrats reserve nearly $35 million worth of TV ads in hopes of gains in Nov. electionsHouse Democrats have reserved millions of dollars worth of television advertising in 31 congressional races in all corners of the country, according to documentation that provides ...

LHC Group: Strong Management Says it All

As I mentioned in my Roth IRA Strategy series, the most important factor I look for in a company is a strong, dedicated management.. LHCG has operations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, and Ohio.. The ...
In my post on legislation pending in Congress, a reader asked about reparations to American blacks. I explained that the subject was off-topic for the thread, but the question reminded me of two current cases: Genarlow Wilson in Georgia and the Jena ...
With fruit rotting in fields, unmilked cows suffering in barns and shuttered farmhouses, growers are painting a bleak picture of their industry under new federal immigration policies.Following the Bush administration announcement that employers who knowingly keep undocumented workers will be held liable ...