LOUISIANA GOVERNOR KATHLEEN BLANCO PREPARES FOR ANOTHER HURRICANE
Lousiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco holds a press conference in Baton Rouge, LA on September 20, 2005. Blanco spoke of moving people from the path of Hurricane Rita, the second hurricane in three weeks. Some of those being moved are evacuees from Katrina. (UPI Photo/ James Terry III)
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BATON ROUGE, La., March 10 (UPI) -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal opened the second special legislative session since he took office by asking for a cut in taxes and hike in spending.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Louisiana and the New Orleans Hornets have agreed to extend the team's lease through 2014, giving it an option to leave early if attendance is poor.
NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is being called the "Thanksgiving Grinch" by state employees because they are required to work on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour won a second term in an easy victory Tuesday over a Democratic trial lawyer with right-wing positions on social issues.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan, facing a $3.7 million judgment for firing white employees, has resigned after five years in office.
BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A conservative Republican congressman won the Louisiana governor's election Saturday, becoming the first Indian-American to lead a U.S. state.
BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-La., who lost a gubernatorial race in 2003 to Kathleen Blanco, could win this year without a runoff, late polls in Louisiana indicate.
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Wednesday Jena 6 defendant Mychal Bell will be tried as a juvenile.
LAFAYETTE, La., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A storm was expected to make landfall along the U.S. gulf coast Saturday, bringing with it heavy rains and winds with the ability to spawn tornadoes.
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- In the negligent homicide trial of nursing home operators, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Louisiana relied on private citizens to flee Hurricane Katrina.
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