Woody Jenkins

Loyola Law Review, Spring 1975 By Rep. Woody Jenkins, Member, Committee on Bill of Rights and Elections, Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973; co-author, Declaration of Rights, Louisiana Constitution of 1974; member, Louisiana House of Representatives; B.A., LSU, 1969; J.D., LSU Law School, 1972. The Preamble and Declaration of Rights of the new Louisiana Constitution make [...]

Former Rep. Woody Jenkins and Diane Jenkins celebrating Gov. Bobby Jindal’s inauguration as Louisiana governor in 2008.  The Central City News, which Jenkins edits, was the first newspaper in the state to endorse Jindal.

Former President George Bush, Margaret Jenkins Savoye, and then-Rep. Woody Jenkins on mission flight to Honduras after Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

WASHINGTON — In 1985, President Ronald Reagan presented the Humanitarian Service Award to Diane Jenkins of Baton Rouge for her mission work in Central America.  The only copy of the statue is in the Reagan White House in California.

By Woody Jenkins, Central City News. CENTRAL — Courage under fire is nothing new for Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington. Over the past five years, the popular City Councilman has often stood alone during City Council debates.  His questioning of the city’s privatization contract with CH2MHILL has earned him the undying opposition of some in [...]

By Rich Lowry, National Review. NEW ORLEANS — Bob Tucker, dressed down in a “New Orleans” sweatshirt and blue jeans, looks every bit the satisfied civic booster. Plaques on his office wall from civic and business groups tout his service and accomplishments; in one picture he beams as he stands next to President Clinton. Tucker [...]

Woody Jenkins’ address to Council for National Policy, February 1995, in Rancho Mirage, California. The election of November 8, 1994, may well be considered a turning point in American politics. Not only did the Republicans win a majority in the United States Senate and House of Representatives, but they did so by “nationalizing” the election. [...]