Just being from Louisiana, being from the southern part of Louisiana, Metairie, close to New Orleans and growing up in St. Rose. There are a lot of things to overcome.
I thought, ‘What if I were 17, and it was my small town of Springhill, Louisiana? How would I feel if people started flooding in to see some bird?’
Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like trying to hide Dolly Parton in a string bikini!
My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
My mom had to be resourceful. She grew up dirt poor in rural Louisiana.
Louisiana’s spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government.
It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.
We shot the first season of ‘Hap and Leonard’ towards the end of the summer in Louisiana, in and around Baton Rouge. If anyone’s been to Louisiana or comes from Louisiana, they know what the weather’s like down there at that time of year: it’s unbearably hot for an Englishman.
Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.
From the beginning of my administration, I have made it clear that I will budget openly and honestly with the people of Louisiana.
My high school job was putting insulation in attics – in Louisiana in the summer. It must have been 95 degrees every day, and the insulation used to get all over me. It was not fun. But I didn’t know any different. It wasn’t like I was spending summers on Cape Cod.
One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government – and they aren’t going to like it.
Louisiana has got a very specific warmth and humidity and richness of light.
I grew up in Carville, Louisiana.
In Louisiana, we are very familiar with the potential risks associated with offshore drilling and we have not forgotten the lessons learned from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy.
One way or another, I want to be a positive force for the people of Louisiana and the United States of America in whatever way I can serve.
Families are the foundation of our communities. Investing in the success of Louisiana families means we’re investing in our success as a state.
We tend to want to stay here in Louisiana as Louisiana people. We’ve just got to be mindful that there are other things out there, and we really need to open our kids’ minds to get them to go to college. Get them to get away. Then come back and help the next ones behind us.
Louisiana wants a leader that will take their values to D.C. and will fight for them without wavering.
I’m a bounce artist, straight born and raised from New Orleans, Louisiana, and I love what I do.
On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory.
And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then.
Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music’s really all I’ve ever done.
In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.
