Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards spent his 87th birthday in Austin, where the Texas city honored him Thursday with “Governor Edwards Day.” "Edwards reorganized state government and, as an outspoken civil ...

50 years after he first won a congressional seat, Edwin Edwards is asking voters to send him back to Washington. The four-time former governor is a Louisiana legend, but – as Sue Lincoln reports – it ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana's only four-term governor, Edwin Edwards, is turning 90-years-old on Aug. 7. To say he is a colorful character is an understatement. Edwards, who was always dogged by ...

Across Louisiana, there is a budding movement to get former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards out of jail early, either via a presidential pardon or a commutation of the former governor's 10-year sentence. We ...

Edwin W. Edwards recently spent nine years in prison after being convicted for extorting millions of dollars in exchange for riverboat gambling licenses, and now he’s running for office. The ...