U.S. Representatives:6 Senators:John Kennedy, R (incumbent); Bill Cassidy, R (in office to Jan. 2027) Historical biographies of Congressional members Official State Website:http://www.louisiana.gov/ Population Residents:Louisianians Resident population:4,590,241 (25th Largest State, 2022) ...
Louisiana.(INSIDE POLITICS: ACROSS STATE LINES )(William Jefferson on his election for Congressional representatives)(Brief article)Crouere, Jeff
8."Black Louisianans deserve congressional representatives who hear and understand their needs and concerns. Anything less is simply unacceptable." 9.And while the food backs up Helmer and his team’s hopes, his Louisianan drawl, at the least, serves as a reminder for customers of the origins...
Wednesday's hearing at the Louisiana Capitol outlined those fears, with Republican members of the state's congressional delegation, leaders of coastal parishes and oil and gas representatives predicting widespread damaging impacts. “The Biden administration wasted no time launching a full scale...
I'm also issuing an executive order directing state agencies to limit spending and allowing them to put state employees to the best possible use in this recovery. I'm confident in our unified Congressional delegation led by Senators Landrieu and Vitter. I know they will champion a significant ...
Willard-Lewis (born 1952) is a Democrat from her native New Orleans, Louisiana, who served briefly in the Louisiana State Senate and for longer periods in the Louisiana House of Representatives and on the New Orleans City Council. She was elected from Senate District 2 in a special election ...
June 19, 2024 Ten problems with the Ten Commandments: Louisiana version Ten Commandments monument outside Gates of Prayer in Metairie. SJL file. Editor’s Note: A version of this editorial originally appeared in our publication in September 2001, during the Judge Roy Moore monument dispute at th...
Under federal law, legislature all over the nation have to reapportion congressional districts. And boy what a mess there is in Louisiana. It’s the heck with the voters. The only priority seems to be protecting those in office. What a mess. I write about this “insider trading” in my...
The federal party, however, determined to support Colonel Burr; they knew very well the political sentiments of every member of the house of representatives, and they early ascertained that the election depended on the vote of Mr. Claiborne, the sole representative from the state of Tennessee.”...
Even after Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, which was all-encompassing, citizenship rights were still governed by each state and the right to vote was often denied to Native Americans. [Pictured: President Calvin Coolidge with Native American representatives near the south lawn of the ...