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GOP Sen. David Vitter Announces Run for Louisiana Governor
Senator David Vitter (R-LA) announced Tuesday morning that he intends to run for governor of Louisiana. The junior senator from Louisiana, best known for escaping a prostitution scandal by the skin of...
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Just So You Know, Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Is Not Interested in Running...
I’m sure you’re looking at that headline and thinking, “Wait, Phil Robertson was in a Senate race? What?” Well, apparently, in a recent poll, the Duck Dynasty star tops incumbent Louisiana Democrat...
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Louisiana Sues MoveOn.org over a Parody Billboard
Using someone else’s slogan in a parody making fun of said someone has always been a tricky legal subject (most famously in the case of Al Franken‘s parodic use of “fair and balanced” in his book about...
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‘Chicken Boxing’ Is Real and a Louisiana State Sen. Is Fighting to Keep It Legal
Chicken boxing is real and it is nothing like cockfighting. What’s the difference? Well, chicken boxing is basically the poultry equivalent of kickboxing, and cockfighting is in no way like that. And...
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Louisiana Pastor Thinks There’s a Conspiracy to ‘Destroy’ Kissing Congressman
Congressman Vance McAllister hasn’t garnered that many defenders after the video of him kissing a staffer went public (hence the media nickname “kissing congressman”), but a Louisiana pastor is...
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Tea Party Candidate Wrestles Tiny Gator to Make Point About Big Government
The theme of this congressional midterm’s ads: folksy, flyover state metaphors for taking on the Obama administration. Today’s ad comes from Louisiana’s Rob Maness, a conservative vet who is “One of...
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Louisiana Lawmakers Vote to Give Themselves Exemption to Gun Bans
Louisiana lawmakers have voted to ease restrictions on gun bans in public buildings. Specifically, they voted to allow Louisiana lawmakers to carry concealed weapons into public buildings, as an...
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GOPer in Ad: Global Warming the ‘Greatest Deception in the History of Mankind’
Republican congressional candidate and Louisiana state representative Lenar Whitney put out an ad just a few days ago really going off on global warming, accusing liberals (and Al Gore in particular)...
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Louisiana Cop Resigns over Texts About ‘N*ggers,’‘Pulling a Ferguson’
A Louisiana police officer has resigned after a local news station obtained texts he sent in which he called black people “n*ggers” and “monkeys,” and went so far as to wish “someone would pull a...
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WATCH: Video Captures Insane Train Wreck in Louisiana
A tractor trailer was stuck on the train tracks in a Louisiana town just a few days ago, and witnesses on the scene captured video of the insane wreck that ensued when the train just crashed right into...
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Outgoing Mayor Facing Indictment Tells Off Local News: ‘Kiss My Ass’
Pearl River, Louisiana Mayor James Lavigne didn’t have a very good 2014. A report from the Legislative Auditor’s office called out Lavigne, as well as a town clerk and the police chief, for gross...
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GOP Rep. Scalise Once Killed a Bill Apologizing for Slavery
While the story about House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) attending a neo-Nazi convention may have died down with his quick apology and condemnation of all things Nazi, the Times-Picayune has a...
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‘How Totally Wrong Was I': Prosecutor Publicly Apologizes for Putting...
In 1983, the State of Louisiana sentenced Glenn Ford to the death penalty for murdering a 56-year-old jeweler. In 2014, new evidence proved Ford’s innocence and he was released after 30 years of...
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Three Dead, Seven Injured in Lafayette Movie Theater Shooting (UPDATED)
(SEE UPDATES AT BOTTOM OF POST) Local media is reporting that at least seven people were injured in a shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana. City Marshal Brian Pope has told sources that...
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Who Is The Louisiana Movie Theater Shooter? (UPDATED)
Following Thursday night’s attack on a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, the authorities have identified the shooter as 59-year-old John Russel Houser. According to earlier reports, a gunman...
View ArticleLafayette Shooter Allegedly Tried to Burn Down a Georgia Lawyer’s Office
While the city of Lafayette, the state of Louisiana and the nation at large mourn Thursday night’s shooting tragedy at a movie theater, investigators are trying to determine why it happened and who...
View ArticleLouisiana Cop Addresses Robber in Viral Video: ‘Look At Me, Son’
Recently, police in America haven’t been getting that much positivity thrown their way in the media. Never fear, for Lt. Clay Higgins of St. Landrys Parish Sheriff’s Department in Louisiana is on the...
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Bobby Jindal Ends Louisiana Medicaid Funding of Planned Parenthood
Republican presidential candidate and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal announced Monday that he was ending his state’s Medicaid contract with Louisiana’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates. “Today, the...
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Police Officer Shot, Two Others Stabbed in Louisiana (UPDATED)
A police officer was shot and two other people were stabbed nearby in Louisiana tonight. KATC is reporting that an officer in Sunset responded to a domestic disturbance only to be shot. He was not...
View Article‘Chose Prostitutes Over Patriots': Louisiana Dem Gets Brutal in Attack Ad
The race for Louisiana governor just got ratcheted up a few notches with what’s being described as a brutal new ad against Senator David Vitter. Vitter, for those not aware, got caught up in a 2007...
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