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Jimmy Carters Louisiana Legacy: From Campaigns to Habitat for Humanity [Video]

Remembering President Jimmy Carter’s impact on Louisiana, from his campaigns to his work with Habitat for Humanity after Hurricane Katrina.

NEW ORLEANS — Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at 100 years old, carried Louisiana in his 1976 bid for the White House, where he went on to appoint a former New Orleans mayor to his Cabinet. Nearly forty years later, Carter would return to Louisiana in his work with Habitat for Humanity, to help rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. 

When Carter first ran for president, the former Georgia governor visited New Orleans to campaign and speak to a crowd in Jackson Square. His Oct. 1976 speech included a call for the federal government to share revenue from offshore oil and gas production with no strings attached.  

“I think it’s time we had a fair allocation of federal funds to give to local and state governments so …

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New Mexico woman's childhood home burns down in Hobbs [Video]

OUR FREE APP. A NEW MEXICAN WOMAN LOSES HER CHILDHOOD HOME AFTER IT BURNED DOWN IN HOBBS. SHE TELLS ALYSSA MUNOZ. THIS HAPPENED WHILE HELPING OTHERS IN HER COMMUNITY GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. BUT IN CALIFORNIA. SASHA JASMINE BAEZA SAYS WHILE THE CALIFORNIA FIRES DIDNT REACH HER DOORSTEP, SHE STEPPED UP TO HELP OTHERS IN HER COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. NOW, WHAT SHE DIDNT REALIZE IS THAT SHED ALSO BE HELPING HER FAMILY DO THE SAME THING MILES AWAY. EVERYBODY WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME IN LOS ANGELES, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT WE LOST A HOME BACK HOME IN NEW MEXICO. LOS ANGELES IS JASMINE BAEZS HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. SHE, LIKE MANY, WATCHED AS FIRES BURNED DOWN COMMUNITIES NEAR HER. IT WAS REALLY SCARY TO SEE THE FACT THAT THESE FIRES WERE RAVAGING THROUGH HOMES AND LAND, ACRES AT A TIME. IT TOOK, I THINK, OVER 5 TO 6 DAYS BEFORE THEY STARTED TO GET ANY CONTAINMENT ON THESE FIRES. A FEW DAYS LATER, BAEZA GOT A CALL. HER FAMILY WAS SEEING SIMILAR FLAMES MILES AWAY. I WAS JUST IMMEDIATELY SHOCKED. UPSET, CRYING. BUT MY GRANDMA WAS SAFE. MY GRANDPA WAS SAFE. A HOME BUILT 30 YEARS AGO BY HER GRANDPA AFTER IMMIGRATING HERE. GONE. WERE ALL REALLY UPSET THAT THE. ALL THE MEMORIES THAT WE BUILT WITHIN THAT HOME ARE GONE. SHE HAD THAT HOUSE SO MANY DIFFERENT COLORS LIKE GREEN, YELLOW, ORANGE, PINK. IT WAS JUST OUR LITTLE MEXICAN OASIS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. NOW SHES SEEING WHATS LEFT OF HER CHILDHOOD HOME THROUGH FACETIME. OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A HEATER THAT WAS PLUGGED IN OVERNIGHT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODYS GRATEFUL, FEELING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND LIKE I SAID, WERE NOT FACING CHALLENGES LIKE WILDFIRES STILL GOING. SO FOR ME, THATS BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHERE IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS HASNT THAT WE HAVENT REACHED A COMPLETE STOP. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THEY DO HAVE A LOT MORE CONTAINMENT ON THE FIRES OUT HERE. AND THAT WILL ALSO HELP MY FAMILY FEEL BETTER. BAEZA SAYS HER FAMILY HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND GLAD EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GE