This week at progressive state blogs: Don’t feed the Trump troll; Louisiana’s socialist subsidies

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... During the Labor Day weekend, when many people are celebrating and preparing for the upcoming school-year, Dakota Access, a... Donald Trump has announced that Steve Bannon-former head of the online racist platform Breitbart-will be a senior adviser in... Portland, Oregon, housing activist and bookstore owner Chloe Eudaly was the first challenger to unseat an incumbent city council member since 1992. See Margot Black's commentary in Blue Oregon below.

Friday’s Bank Stocks: Indexes mixed as First NBC tumbles, SVB Financial soars

Stocks closed with mixed results in trading Oct. 21, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreating 0.09% to 18,145.71 and the S&P 500 dipping 0.01% to 2,141.16, while the Nasdaq composite index gained slightly, adding 0.30% to end at 5,257.40. revealed Oct. 20 that the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions gave the company a "troubled condition" designation.

Flooded Louisiana gets bulk of $500M in federal disaster money

Louisiana's worst-flooded parishes will receive more than 87 percent of $500 million that Congress allocated for housing repairs, HUD announced Thursday . when the federal government announced the Pelican State would receive more than 87 percent of that first tranche of community development block grants.

Lewd language on Trump tape creates a challenge for parents

The 6-year-old girl turned to her mother and asked, "What does it mean to grab somebody by the p---y?" Then she saw the television screen. "You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful - I just start kissing them," Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was saying in a 2005 recording.

Louisiana congressman sues over prostitution allegations

U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the author and publisher of a book that alleges the Republican congressman was involved with prostitutes who were later killed. The lawsuit claims author Ethan Brown and Simon & Schuster , which published Brown 's book "Murder in the Bayou," have made statements that "were known to be false when made or were made with malicious intent and reckless disregard for the truth."

Gov. John Bel Edwards sets out as the chief of Louisiana’s cycle of crises

As FEMA administrator Craig Fugate, left, watches, President Barack Obama gives Gov. John Bel Edwards a hug after visiting the flood damaged area on August 23. In just eight months in office, Gov. John Bel Edwards has been through two catastrophic flood events, two deadly shootings involving law enforcement that grabbed national headlines, a bitter battle over the state budget and ongoing sparring with the state's attorney general. Fifty-six of the state's 64 parishes have received federal disaster declarations.

Grace Notes: Louisiana flood aid a rare reason for hope out of Washington

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, accompanied by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., after making a statement about the flooding following a tour of Castle Place, a flood-damaged area of Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Obama is making his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana as he attempts to assure the many thousands who have suffered damage to their homes, schools and businesses that his administration has made their recovery a priority.

A new prostitution scandal roils a Louisiana Senate race

For a state accustomed to explosive sex scandals, the one dominating a U.S. Senate race here simmered for a long time before boiling over into public view last week. In a new book, " Murder in the Bayou ," author Ethan Brown cites multiple anonymous sources who claim that Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., a top Republican candidate for the Senate race, had been the client of three prostitutes who were later murdered.

In 1608, this man took charge at a Virginia colony

Here, the arrival of the maids as wives for the settlers at Jamestown in 1619 is shown in this engraving from the collection of the Library of Congress. "To have and To Hold" the novel, was based on this incident in the story of the first permanent English settlement in America, which began at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

Despite Katrina lessons, flood plan in Louisiana shows gaps

In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file aerial photo, a boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region, in Hammond, La. Eleven years ago, Hurricane Katrina exposed huge gaps in the disaster response plans of Louisiana and the nation.

Our Views: A bipartisan stand on Louisiana recovery

Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard points out the water height while talking about the flood damage to the Livingston Parish Detention Center Wednesday August 31, 2016. In a deeply partisan presidential campaign season, a natural disaster has reminded Louisiana residents that in times of crisis, petty party politics should have no place in relief and recovery.

LSU seeks new hospitals to train doctors in north Louisiana

LSU is shopping around for new health care deals in north Louisiana, hoping to move some of its doctors-in-training to more hospitals in the region because the university's relationship with the operator of its own hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe continues to deteriorate. The Associated Press reports that LSU President F. King Alexander calls the university's arrangement to have the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana run the two north Louisiana hospitals "a three-and-a-half-year thorn in our side.

Obesity rates drop in four states

Four states trimmed their obesity rates, but two saw gains and the rest remained stable, according to a new report . The states that reduced their obesity rate from 2014 to 2015 were Minnesota, Montana, New York and Ohio, according to a report released Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.