November 12, 2007 -
We're now officially in the homestretch for the 2008 presidential races, last week marking the one-year mark until Election Day.
November 9, 2007 -
Election 2007 is now behind us -- no contested elections! -- and following up on R. Neal's post yesterday, this year's election cycle revealed some interesting trends as we head into the big enchilada of 2008.
November 9, 2007 -
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still allowing more than 52,000 households displaced by Hurricane Katrina to live in travel trailers despite documented high levels of formaldehyde -- but yet it has cautioned its own employee
November 9, 2007 -
The first congressional veto override in President Bush's seven-year term is especially welcome news in Louisiana, which is set to receive almost 30 percent of the $23 billion allotted by the Water Resources Development Act.
November 8, 2007 -
Louisiana's outgoing Attorney General has borrowed a page from the playbook of his Mississippi counterpart and filed suit against insurance companies for their treatment of policyholders in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
November 8, 2007 -
Kentucky ousts one-term Republican Gov. Fletcher, elects Democrat Steve Beshear: Fletcher was the first Republican elected Governor of Kentucky since 1967. Fletcher's term was plagued by scandal, racking up nearly 30 indictments including his own on a misdemeanor.
November 7, 2007 -
House and Senate members negotiating a Defense Department spending bill yesterday agreed to tuck an extra $3 billion into the legislation for Louisiana's Road Home post-Katrina rebuilding program, which is facing an estimated $3 billion to $4.5 billion shortfall.