On November 3, 2020, voters in Orleans Parish will vote to re-elect incumbent Leslie Ellison or one of her opponents J.C. Romero or Winston “Boom” Whitten Jr. to Orleans Parish School Board District 4. Oftentimes in elections, voters succumb to choosing the lesser of two evils. Unlike most elections, the gulf of morality between the […]
On May 12, 2020, at the Louisiana State Legislature, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon boldly stated that automobile insurance companies should be able to charge women higher rates. “Racial discrimination is unfair discrimination,” he said, “gender discrimination is fair discrimination.” For all those who asked yesterday, here’s the video of Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon saying […]
On April 28, 2020, the Bayou Brief received an internal memo from Louisiana GOP political operative Jay Connaughton, addressed to Republican state Sen. Sharon Hewitt of Slidell, which was shared with other Louisiana Republican legislators. The memo outlined a series of talking points aimed at undermining Governor John Bel Edwards emergency orders to shut the […]
As I sit down to write this article, just over 1,800 people have been confirmed to have died from the Coronavirus. Here in Florida, more than 1,200 people have died from the disease. Considering that Florida has more metro areas and nearly five times the population that Louisiana does, the numbers point to the fact […]
With permission from Louisiana Democrats, we are republishing the following release, originally posted here: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Allyson Sanders September 20, 2018 […]
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