During his tenure as governor, Long practically eliminated ... The source of the state’s struggles is a political culture shaped by Huey Long. A 2015 analysis by FiveThirtyEight found that ...

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We saw that happen a century ago when Governor Huey Long made himself a virtual dictator. It did not end well for Long or for Louisiana. Now, Governor Jeff ...

Louisiana’s Huey Long built his remarkable career as governor and U.S. Senator on a platform of social reform and justice, all the while employing graft and corruption to get what he wanted.

Days passed and Louisianans waited —waited for their Governor Huey P. Long to deny charges leveled at him publicly in the papers of Col. Robert Ewing, Democratic National Committeeman from ...

The biggest, that of executive assistant, would probably go to Huey’s curly-haired, blunt-nosed son Russell Long, a 29-year-old lawyer who wants to be governor too, some day. Earl also swore ...