6 October 2008, 8:44 pm
A lawmaker who proposed sterilizing poor women to control welfare rolls has been stripped of his title.... read more
6 October 2008, 7:05 pm
BATON ROUGE -- Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, who created a furor last month with his proposal to pay the poor to be sterilized, was removed Monday from his position as vice chairman of the House Health and Welfare Committee.... read more
6 October 2008, 6:10 pm
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A New Orleans area lawmaker who suggested the state should consider paying poor women to undergo sterilization as a way to shrink welfare rolls was stripped Monday of his position as vice chairman of the House health care committee.... read more
6 October 2008, 2:50 pm
House speaker says lawmaker's comments could impede Jindal health care initiative... read more
6 October 2008, 11:45 am
Staff Reporter PARADIS – An early morning three-vehicle wreck on US 90 in Paradis Thursday claimed the life of a Metairie man, said a spokesman for Louisiana State Police.... read more
6 October 2008, 12:54 am
BOOS: To the blaze that destroyed the historic Kate Chopin House and Bayou Folk Museum in Cloutierville. This was one of Central Louisiana's oldest historical landmarks and will be missed.... read more
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