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Column by only openly gay staffer for Bobby Jindal provides inside look at anti-gay company guv keep 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 1857
The show must go on: Miss USA contestants keeping positive attitudes despite massive fallout 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1446
1959 crash nuclear secret for decades 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1441
5th Circuit Court tells Louisiana to recognize same-sex marriages; Jindal administration still balks 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 2 1336
Oz, popular French Quarter dance club, declares bankruptcy, to be sold at auction 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1566
Interactive map: See how each Louisiana parish is handling issuing same-sex marriage licenses 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1584
Mom booked after 3-year-old tests + for cocaine; police find the pair in apt. covered in dog feces 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1523
Confederate flag cake, no. ISIS flag cake, yes. Wal-Mart apologizes after YouTube flap 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1434
Most Louisiana parishes issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples Monday, group says 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1400
Gov. Jindal signs marijuana penalty reduction 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1438
Texas, Wisconsin decisions key in Louisiana abortion clinic case 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1316
Vitter tweet from Chick-fil-A draws ire and support on day of gay marriage ruling 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2440
Louisiana holds the line on same-sex marriage; while many states move ahead, no licenses issued 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 2078
Liberal is no longer a dirty word 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 6 1616
Truckers protest Port of New Orleans terminal operators for second day 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1132
IBM Punishes Louisiana For Governor’s Anti-Gay Executive Order 0 Panich52 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 9 1445
LSU officials express disappointment following latest arrest of university football players 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1495
Retirement System's trustees benefited from extravagant spending, former director says 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1507
Company claims Jindal administration’s selection of another firm based on bias 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1394
2015 Louisiana Legislative session: The winners and the losers 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1438
1,000 contractors locked in a Methanex site during Tuesday’s storm — workers claim padlocked gates v 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2112
Baton Rouge child found dead in day care vehicle; owner recently lost license to care for children 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1776
Red River in Shreveport still projected to crest Sunday at 36.5 feet 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1250
New law lets you buy fireworks 10 days earlier in Louisiana, in time for Juneteenth 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1296
Louisiana Senate rejects push to give lawmakers special gun rights 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1470
Prosecution: Ex-BP exec lied; defense: no motive to lie 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1342
Tax holiday OK for guns, not so for storm and school supplies says Senate committee 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1697
Billionaire Tom Benson trial resumes in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1388
Long before criminal indictment, Dennis Hastert had a Katrina problem 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1815
Deeper draft in Mississippi River means billions in revenue, 17,000 new jobs nationwide 5 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 3 2249

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3 Louisiana congressional members ask more time to file personal finances 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1331
Mary Landrieu takes job at Washington lobbying firm 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1480
Bill to reduce marijuana penalties in Louisiana passes full Senate 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1353
Tuition vouchers program puts kids in private schools, some costs on taxpayers dime 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1466
French Quarter restaurant employee fired after racial slur printed on customer's receipt 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 5 1786
Louisiana House wants Bobby Jindal's office to pay for his travel expenses 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1404
NY lawmakers want to enact non-essential travel ban to Louisiana following Gov. Bobby Jindal’s E. O. 3 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 5 1928
BobbyJindal plans to issue an executive order enforcing intent of religious freedom bill 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1369
Man in loud shirt, three others in custody for murder of ex-wife 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 3 3077
Jindal's lack of leadership a major disappointment 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1529
Baton Rouge, New Orleans law firms, others agree to $4.9 million Stanford settlement 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1322
Baton Rouge filmmaker admits to defrauding the state’s film tax credit program in 2010 and 2011 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1888
Caddo Parish Commissioner Williams pleads not guilty to wire fraud 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1214
David Vitter marches toward pinata status 1 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1680
Louisiana travels down road of neglect 4 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1921
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu appropriates $5M to firefighter pension fund 2 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 2 1728
House raises $664M; members say it will save higher ed; probably 'the single largest tax hike day' 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1349
Louisiana's medical marijuana legislation slides through Senate, headed to House 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 1361
House committee OKs anti-union bill to strip dues deduction 0 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 0 1307
Bobby Jindal has concerns about Orleans Parish sex education proposal 0 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 0 1728
Three suspects with machine guns fire on New Orleans Police Department officers 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2456
FBI investigating Senate President John Alario, sources say 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1400
Baton Rouge, New Orleans business leaders looking for common ground to advance region’s interests 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1562
State backing for new Baton Rouge Children’s Hospital sought in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1205
Road, bridge aid sparking spate of bills in Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1263
Pregnant woman shot, killed overnight in Baton Rouge; unborn child delivered at hospital 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1596
Caddo Parish (Shreveport) DA Charles Scott died of heart disease in Baton Rouge hotel room 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1311
Jindal and ... twerking elephants? Special animation shows how governor is trying to dance to WH 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1984
Louisiana Governor Jindal To Hold Prayer Revival 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 3884
Hi! Can anyone here tell me what is up with the Wright/Skrmetta race? 2 Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 Dec 2014 0 1774

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Man shot, killed by Centenary College officer 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2128
Louisiana hospitals should not be billing rape victims for treatment: lawmakers 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1581
'Major' Oil Spill Strikes Louisiana, Threatens Waterways 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 2282
Times-Picayune Endorses D-Senator Mary Landrieu Over The Republican Candidate 2 DhhD Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1962
New Orleans Union Membership Set to Double After Hotel and Casino Workers Win 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1549
Bobby Jindal, former biology scholar, won’t say whether he believes in evolution 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1866
‘Sons of Guns’ reality show star Will Hayden charged with raping another child 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1896
Autopsy report shows Louisiana police lied about suspect’s suicide by shooting self in back 9 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 19 3526
Tea Party of Louisiana: Common Core turns kids gay, and this parody website proves it 1 Katashi_itto Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2051
New Documentary Coming: Citzens Koch. 1 DhhD Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2026
Koch Brothers Are Destroying Democracy In America 1 DhhD Mar 2014 Jun 2014 4 3168
Federal Judge sides with MoveOn.org in Bobby Jindel Billboard Lawsuit 2 DhhD Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2139
MoveOn to be sued over its Billboard against Jidal for not expanding Medicaid. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 2260
R-Senator Vitter Running for Governor of Louisiana with the Koch Brothers. 0 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1906
NOLA areas for LGBT 5 irisblue Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2057
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin found guilty on bribery charges 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1657
Gov. Jindal announces International Shipholding Corp. will relocate to New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1630
Prosecution rests in Ray Nagin corruption trial 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1559
Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’ 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2168
Battle of the brands: A newspaper war in New Orleans 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2095
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