Whatever one might say about Edwin W. Edwards and the late Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, they were always good Democrats. One of them died recently, having waged a courageous battle with cancer. She ...

Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards won approval Thursday from the Louisiana Real Estate Commission to apply for a real estate broker’s license. The vote was 7-2. The decision came after Edwards, 87, ...

Edwin W. Edwards recently spent nine years in prison after being convicted for extorting millions of dollars in exchange for riverboat gambling licenses, and now he’s running for office. The ...

Since Edwin Edwards’ death last summer, Louisianans have had time to ponder the legacy of our history-making four-term governor. Edwards was a bundle of contradictions: Courteous but conniving, ...

Edwin Edwards, the 86-year-old ex-con and former Louisiana governor, is seeking public office again. Today, Edwards announced he was running for the state's 6th Congressional District. The Times ...

Edwin Edwards waves to reporters before entering the Federal Medical Center- Fort Worth in Oct. 2002. WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush left office Tuesday without acting on former Louisiana Gov.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Events marking the death of former Louisiana Gov. Edwin W. Edwards were set to begin Saturday with a public viewing in the marble-trimmed Memorial Hall of the state Capitol where ...

GONZALES, La. — The late, former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards wrote his final wishes in just a few sentences on a sheet of legal paper in 2017, and that handwritten document was filed this week in ...

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, the charismatic rogue who served four terms in the Capitol as well as a stint in federal prison for corruption, can still pack a room. More than 500 people, among them ...

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards (D), one of the more colorful characters in the state’s political lore, is tight-lipped about rumors that he is contemplating a congressional run. “I don’t have any ...

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