This episode revisits the story of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who sought to take over the apparatus of government in his state, just as illiberal leaders have done in other countries. This is the ...

Huey Long’s rise to power began with his election to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He ran a surprisingly strong race for the gubernatorial nomination in 1924 when only thirty years old, but ...

In the same building for which Jeff Seabold is the general contractor, there will be two national chains in Toasted Yolk and ...

A 19-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured in two Ville Platte shootings on Saturday. It is unclear at this ...

The view that the Protestant version of the 10 Commandments is the basis of our law requires willful ignorance of our actual ...

Huey, his widow Rose, and son Russell, all served in the United States Senate. Earl Long, Huey’s younger brother, was three times governor of Louisiana, and a battalion of Longs populated the halls of ...

Never do I feel more alive, at the top of my game, than while travelling.  A plethora of stimuli — new impressions — provides ...

Wearing a crisp white fishing shirt, green trousers and tactical boots, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry grabbed a plastic bag ...

In one shooting, a man was wounded; in the second shooting, two men were wounded and a 19-year-old woman died, police say.

The Jefferson Parish Inspector General is warning the public about plans for a new building that would be constructed with taxpayer dollars and house a brewery.

State utility regulators have awarded a contract to a local company to administer Louisiana’s new statewide energy efficiency ...

One in every 100 people in Louisiana, the state New Orleans calls home, is incarcerated. Doing time. Calling a concrete cell ...