Boustany's fundraising advantage over Cravins, veto session dies and more BOUSTANY POSTS BIG FUNDRAISING ADVANTAGE OVER CRAVINS Having entered the 7th District Congressional race relatively late, state Sen. Don Cravins Jr. has a lot of catching up ...

Developer enters New Iberia's race, then bails out REPEAL OF OCS DRILLING BAN PICKING UP SUPPORT Members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation have long called for lifting the ban on offshore exploration in the U.S.’s Outer Continental Shelf ...

Keaty nets $100,000 with a fund raiser, a possible Jindal staff shakeup and more KEATY FUND RAISER NETS NEARLY $100,000 Judge Phyllis Keaty’s re-election campaign kicked off last week with a major fund raiser netting just under $100,000. The event ...

Perret resigns from ethics board and more ethics reform chaos abounds LAFAYETTE’S PERRET RESIGNS FROM ETHICS BOARD In an unsurprising move, Lafayette attorney Hank Perret has resigned as chairman of the Louisiana Board of Ethics. The well-respected ...

The blasting of Gov. Jindal, the fury over the pay raise and more CONSERVATIVES AND CORE SUPPORTERS BLASTING JINDAL With his repeated pledge not to veto the pay raise that will double legislators’ salaries, Gov. Bobby Jindal continues to woefully ...

Cravins to run against Boustany, Jindal on intelligent design and more CRAVINS JR. RUNNING AGAINST BOUSTANY When The Independent Weekly went to press with our feature on last week’s cover story subject, Democratic state Sen. Don Cravins Jr. of Opelousas ...

Hardy's noose bill moves forward, Jindal's earmark irony and more HARDY’S NOOSE BILL MOVES FORWARD Democratic State Rep. Rickey Hardy’s bill to outlaw nooses displayed as a threat is another step closer to becoming Louisiana law. Last week, the ...

Jindal-as-VP speculation, talk of Victoria Reggie picking up the Camelot crown and more THE DUELING JINDAL-AS-VP SPECULATION In the ongoing John McCain veepstakes, two camps have emerged as Gov. Bobby Jindal’s name continues to be bandied about as ...

Acadiana legislators' slush funds, Vitter irony alert and more ACADIANA LEGISLATORS’ SLUSH FUNDS Same old song, different dance. Former Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco supposedly did away with slush fund projects, and current Republican Gov. Bobby ...

Democrats look to Cravins to run against Boustany, a Legislative pay increase and more DEMOCRATS RECRUITING CRAVINS JR. TO RUN AGAINST BOUSTANY The national Democratic Party is putting the full court press on state Sen. Don Cravins Jr. to challenge ...