There are things about Louisiana that make it unique and some are good and the rest are...tied to politics. And one of those - unique and political - is the way we in the Pelican State hold our elections. There's the way 49 states do it. And then there's us. What is a 'Jungle...
The state of Georgia is a southeastern state just north of Florida. It's got the eighth-largest population in the U.S. and ranks 24th largest in area. Georgia is nicknamed the 'Peach State' because peaches are one of its important crops. ...
Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez say California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents ...
The winning city in Louisiana is Ponchatoula. This charming city is located in Tangipahoa Parish just north of New Orleans. Ponchatoula is most well-known for its annual Strawberry Festival. This free, 3-day event is held each spring and draws more than 300 thousand guests to this tiny commun...
Louisiana Source: iStock Haunted Location: Myrtles Plantation, northwest of Baton Rouge, has been named one of America’s most haunted houses— its past is riddled with ghost stories. The most famous of these regards Chloe, a slave girl who, as the story goes, poisoned the plantation owners...
When looking through state and local minimum wage laws, you may see the term “living wage.” So, what is a living wage? A living wage is a state or local wage that’s higher than the minimum wage. Similar tocost of living, the living wage is the amount an employer would need to ...
18.Louisiana: highest rate of gonorrhea (264.4 reported cases per 100,000 people) 19.Maine: dumbest state claim based on lowest average SAT score (1389) 20.Maryland: highest rate of AIDS diagnosis (27.6 people per 100,000 people) 21.Massachusetts: worst drivers claim based on the highest ra...
Interstate: I-90 is 275 miles from the southwest corner to the southeast corner of the state US Highway: US-75 is 410 miles from the Minnesota-Iowa state border in the south to Kittson County in the north, and US-71 is 399 miles from the Minnesota-Iowa state border in the south to...
The Louisiana state amphibian frequents my yard. I live in that state out in the country, surrounded by marshy areas, and I often see the green tree frog on my front doors and windows. This frog clings to the glass with little suction cups on its toes, and I can watch it catch ins...
"When the waters are warmer, it tends to mean you have lower pressures. It means a more unstable atmosphere, which is conducive to hurricanes intensifying," said Phil Klotzbach, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University. "These thunderstorms, which are the building blocks of hurricanes...