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Even after Hurricane Katrina ended her political career and as cancer ate away her strength, former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco still described her life as “charmed. ” With strength ...
Monique Boulet, the daughter of the late Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco said, “I really feel for the Edwards family. We know what they’re going through.” ...
People who come to the Capitol Thursday for the public visitation of former Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco will see a video tribute of her on screens in Memorial Hall.
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's First Female Governor, Dies of Cancer 2 Years After Announcing 'Fight for My Own Life' In an emotional open letter in December 2017, Blanco announced that her eye ...
As the New Orleans public education system transitions into a remarkable new approach toward school governance, it is important to remember the contributions of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, now ...
She wasn’t the boldest or most charismatic politician Louisiana ever produced, but Kathleen Blanco may have been the most empathetic, compassionate person to serve as Louisiana governor. That ...
Raymond Sindo Blanco, husband of former Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, and former vice president of UL Lafayette died at the age of 87.
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, the first woman to be elected governor of Louisiana, has died at the age of 76.
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - People who worked closely with Governor Kathleen Blanco during the difficult aftermath of Hurricane Katrina say Blanco’s legacy should reflect her strength during a ...
A Democrat, Blanco held Louisiana’s top elected job from 2004 to 2008, and served in state government offices for more than two decades. But her legacy rests with Katrina, the devastating August 2005 ...
Kathleen Blanco, the first and only female governor of Louisiana, who led the state when the devastating Hurricane Katrina drowned much of New Orleans, died Sunday in hospice two years after she ...