CenLamar | Est. 2006

Next Monday, our once-great hope for the future of Louisiana, the diminutive, motor-mouthed wunderkind and former presidential candidate, the man once praised across the country as the future of the Republican Party, will huddle with his young family, will shake the hands of several of his once-upon-a-time enemies, will listen as another man repeats the same oath he had twice recited proudly, without a stutter, and then will climb into a dark Chevrolet SUV and leave the grounds of the Louisiana Capitol. His office has already been packed; the strange portrait that he displayed at its entrance has been returned…

On Jan. 13, 2016, two days after John Bel Edwards takes the oath of office and is sworn in as the 56th governor of Louisiana, the eleven members of the state’s affordable housing agency, the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC), will convene in Baton Rouge and consider drastic measures to avoid imminent bankruptcy, according to sources familiar with the discussions. During the last twelve months, in an attempt to remain financially afloat, the LHC has already slashed its full-time workforce by 20%, from 136 employees to 110. Yet according to Michelle Thomas, its interim executive director, these reductions have done very little…

On Monday, outgoing Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal punctuated his statewide farewell tour with an appearance in front of a noticeably meager audience at the Belle of Baton Rouge casino. Despite the fact that he is freshly removed from his presidential campaign, Jindal, with a 20% approval rating, remains the least popular governor in Louisiana history. While Gov. Jindal addressed the Press Club of Baton Rouge in front of a desolate, half-empty room, an hour down the road, Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards spoke to a capacity crowd of more than 570 people at a luncheon hosted by the Tangipahoa Chamber of Commerce. Clearly, Louisiana…