Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana governor during Katrina, dies at 76
BATON ROUGE, La. – Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who will be Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has said Blanco is his favorite past governor, called Acadiana’s favorite daughter a “champion” for Louisiana. He recently said Blanco was “a woman of incredible strength and abiding faith, a champion for the people of Louisiana who fought fiercely for our state." Blanco, who was resigned to her fate, said in July her life was "charmed." "I do love all of the people of Louisiana," she said during a ceremony in Lafayette in which a highway was named in her ...
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