3 October 2008, 7:06 pm
Orleans Parish residents go to the polls today to cast votes in crowded 2nd Congressional District and district attorney primary races....... read more
3 October 2008, 7:06 pm
It's election day and some West Bank voters will find lengthy ballots when they arrive at the polls....... read more
3 October 2008, 6:50 pm
East Jefferson voters have a wide array of decisions to make at the polls today, stretching from a local School Board seat to a pair of races for the U.S. House of Representatives....... read more
29 September 2008, 8:57 am
Eight-three years and countless elections have passed since the first edition of The Louisiana Weekly hit the streets on a September morning. It is tempting in the fatigue of the two recent hurricanes and the memory of the great ones three years ago, to give up hope of reform.... read more
26 September 2008, 6:50 am
WASHINGTON -- Louisiana lawmakers are facing conflicting pressure on a proposed bailout of Wall Street, with constituents largely opposed and the Bush administration and the two major party presidential candidates warning of catastrophe if Congress fails to act....... read more
24 September 2008, 5:53 am
A career educator, a businessman with close ties to the region's movers and shakers and a Realtor who entered politics on the animus spawned by Hurricane Katrina are now sparring to succeed Steve Scalise in Louisiana's 9th Senate District seat....... read more