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Now more than ever, EAT LOUISIANA SEAFOOD!! It is delicious, healthy, and the best in the world. Test after test has shown conclusively that our seafood on the market is not tainted in any way by the oil spill or the dispersants used to break down the oil. The vast majority of Louisiana’s coastal waters [...]

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This morning, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman rejected an attempt by Obama administration lawyers to throw out a suit filed by Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., and other plaintiffs seeking a judicial end to the Interior Department’s moratorium on offshore oil drilling. The government had filed a motion to kill the suit, alleging that the administration’s [...]

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Today’s Morning Bell from the Heritage Foundation is all about President Obama’s speech at Xavier University over the weekend, and it’s worth reading… President Barack Obama finished-up his 10-day vacation on Martha’s Vineyard yesterday by flying down to New Orleans where he gave a speech at Xavier University marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. [...]

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A story on the website of KPLC-TV in Lake Charles has Gov. Bobby Jindal declaring his intention to “absolutely” run for re-election in next year’s statewide election cycle. While that won’t likely quell speculation about the Governor’s next job in politics – speculation which has encompassed a gig as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, [...]

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From a release by Southern Media & Opinion Research, headed by veteran Louisiana pollster Bernie Pinsonat: A new survey conducted by Southern Media & Opinion Research, polled Louisiana voters on the upcoming election as well as job approval ratings for several of the state’s top elected officials. The poll, developed by Southern Media & Opinion [...]

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From a release out of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office… BURAS – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal met with Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus – who has been charged by President Obama with developing a long-term recovery plan for the Gulf Coast – to discuss the Governor’s Agenda to Revitalize Louisiana which sets a pathway forward [...]

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Just a grab bag of items related to yesterday’s Rally For Economic Security at the Cajundome in Lafayette. The event may not quite have been unprecedented, though you’d be hard-pressed to come up with another example of 11,000 or more people packing an arena in the middle of a work day to protest a presidential [...]

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. (Hat tip: New Patriot Journal)

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Today’s edition has continued nastiness in the Senate race between Charlie Melancon and David Vitter, a surprising poll result in New Orleans and candidates pulling endorsements.

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A release this afternoon out of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office provides something of a silver lining to what has been a torrent of bad news since the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank in late April. Today, amid terrible job losses in the tourism and fisheries industries due to the oil spill and even worse [...]

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