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Friday, November 20, 2009
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HOT TOPICS
Mayor Kip Holden's $901 million capital improvements tax package was defeated at the polls Saturday night.
Possible swine flu cases surfaced in Europe and New Zealand after the virus sickened more than 1,400 people in North America and killed 86 in Mexico.
Parts of Louisiana suffer some of the highest poverty rates in the country — 150,000 of the state’s 1 million families are poor. The Advocate is exploring the costs, causes and effects of poverty.
Seven amendments to the state constitution are on the Nov. 4 ballot.
In addition to voting for President of the United States, a number of state and local elections are on the Nov. 4 ballot. This Hot Topic lists stories on several of the races, including the constitutional amendments, plus a list of what's on the ballot for Nov. 4 in the Baton Rouge area. Hot Topics for the U.S. Senate Race, the 6th Congressional Race and the Metro Council race are also available with a list of stories specific to those races:
Five people have been arrested between November 2007 and April 2008 for alleged sexual misconduct with juvenile students at the Louisiana School for the Deaf. State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek ordered the school closed Oct. 8 after reports of a 16-year-old male student sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl on a bus chartered by the school. The male student was arrested on a count of aggravated rape in Franklin Parish on Oct. 17.
Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy are running for the U.S. Senate in the Nov. 4 election. Libertarian Richard Fontanesi, of Baton Rouge, is also a candidate in the race.
Candidates vie for 12 Metro Council seats in the Oct. 4 primary.
ncumbent Mayor-President Kip Holden won re-election on Oct. 4 by nearly a 3-1 margin over his three opponents Saturday. Voter turnout was 39 percent. Holden had 75,450 votes, or 71 percent of the votes counted, according to complete and unofficial returns from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.
Cleanup crews began scraping away contaminated soil at the site of Saturday’s train derailment while lawsuits over the incident quickly mounted.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Don Cazayoux, D-New Roads, is facing two challengers for the seat he has held for almost four months — state Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, and state Rep. Michael Jackson, No Party-Baton Rouge.
LSU backup quarterback Ryan Perrilloux was “beat up” during an altercation at the Varsity Theatre on Highland Road early Friday, his attorney, Nathan Fisher, said Sunday. Perrilloux contacted Fisher about 2:45 a.m. Friday to advise the lawyer about the fight and question whether he should press charges, Fisher said. Fisher said he advised him not to do so and said Perrilloux was not at fault in the incident. “My understanding is he got beat up,” Fisher said. “I’m confident after listening to what he had to say that he’s innocent of any wrongdoing.” According to a police report, bouncers at the Varsity claimed they were forced to escort Perrilloux and fellow LSU football player Derrick Odom outside the club after they refused to leave. Parish law says bars must close at 2 a.m. Bouncers also said several subjects made statements that they would leave and come back with guns.
A proposed loop around Louisiana's Capital City and its environs is mired in controversy over funding for the project and how the new highway would affect outlying areas.
The Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program has been beset with problems on both the state and national levels, from the far-reaching effects of a presidential veto to debate on funding for the program.
Eyes across the nation were focused on the small Louisiana town of Jena as thousands of protestors arrived to show support for six black teenagers.
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, more than 27,000 FEMA trailers still dot the landscape in the southeastern tip of Louisiana. Two years on, 150,000 people from New Orleans remain scattered across the nation, and St. Barnard Parish's population is only half of what is was before the storm. In Baton Rouge, 495 families remain at Renaissance Village. Advocate staff writers Joe Gyan Jr. and Penny Brown survey what has changed and what hasn't. Associated Press writers Allen G. Breed and Cain Burdeau look ahead to what might be in 10 years -- 2015. Stories from other writers will be added as the second anniversary week progresses.
This fall Louisiana will choose a new governor and, because of term limits, a host of new legislators. The state struggles on many fronts, confronting long-term problems that were compounded by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But Louisiana also has the opportunity to change the way it has done business for decades. Over the next two months, The Advocate – along with WBRZ-Channel 2 and Louisiana Public Broadcasting -- will explore the problems faced by the state and some of the things Louisiana’s leaders and its voters can do about them.
This site comprises a collection of articles on the Justice Department's investigation into alleged wrongdoings by Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana. Sources for these articles include The Advocate, WBRZ Channel 2, The Associated Press and 2theadvocate.com.
When U.S. Marine Sgt. Jeffrey Kirk’s mother warned that he could die in combat, he simply said: “At least I would die doing what I wanted to do with my life.” Many Louisiana mothers and fathers or wives and husbands have had such talks with sons, daughters or spouses headed to Iraq to fight a war that began four years ago tomorrow. But for Kirk — one of 76 Louisianans who have died in Iraq since March 19, 2003 — that discussion was prophetic.
FRESNO, Calif. — There had been three prior trips for the LSU basketball team, but never like this, to reach the game’s Holy Grail. Faced with having to conquer one of the game’s most preeminent programs — Connecticut — to return to the Women’s Final Four, the Lady Tigers enjoyed arguably their finest moment in three decades as a program. LSU made it look rather easy behind West Regional most outstanding player Sylvia Fowles, leading by double-digits at halftime and pulling away for a dominating 73-50 victory over top-seeded UConn.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that she won’t seek re-election but will spend the rest of her term helping Louisiana recover from two hurricanes that devastated much of the state and plagued her administration. Blanco said removing herself from the race for governor will lessen the partisan politics that she fought from her Legislature to the White House and derailed much of her program.
In a move that surprised fans and university officials, LSU women’s basketball coach Pokey Chatman abruptly resigned Wednesday afternoon. The announcement came just two days after the 10th-ranked Lady Tigers (26-7) returned from Duluth, Ga., and the Southeastern Conference tournament where they upset fourth-ranked Tennessee before falling to Vanderbilt in the championship game.
The Advocate's Weddings 2007 gives helpful tips to plan for your big event. Topics included, fashion, event planning, picking out a ring, and more. Wether you are planning your big day or just looking for ideas The Advocate's Weddings 2007 is the perfect place to start.
