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I’m Leaving My Heart In Louisiana
On Saturday, I filled my car to the brim with as many of my worldly possessions as possible and left Louisiana for Texas, where I’ll spend the next three to four years as a student of law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. But I didn’t go directly to Dallas. I stopped first in Houston, a place that will always be special to me, and I reconnected with about two dozen of my best friends from Rice. We were all there to celebrate; my friends Andy and Danielle were tying the knot. A part of me will always be in…
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The Weirdest Story in The Town Talk, 2011: A Sheriff’s Election, Politics, A Pot-Bellied Pig, A Stolen Dog, A Shot Dog, and “Hard-Core Porn” (Including Animal Porn)
HEY! Thanks Billy Gunn! This is INSANE! Louisiana State Police will be asked to investigate a former sheriff’s detective’s claim that Rapides Parish Sheriff Chuck Wagner stopped a 2010 probe into the shooting and killing of a dog because the shooter is a close friend of the sheriff. The accusation signals that this year’s campaign for sheriff might be a nasty affair. Wagner’s office fired back, lobbing accusatory grenades of its own: The former detective, a backer of a Wagner opponent, was fired last year; animal pornography was discovered on his office computer; and his wife stole a pot-bellied pig…
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Summer Interview Series (Part Seven): Christopher J. Tyson
Christopher J. Tyson, a Baton Rouge native, is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. He earned his bachelors degree at Howard University, his masters degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and his law degree at the Georgetown University Law Center. During the last few years, Chris has emerged as an outspoken progressive advocate for a number of important issues. He’s been particularly passionate about mass transit in Louisiana, previously serving as the President of the Board for Baton Rouge’s Capital Area Transit System. In that role, he led…
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