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The recent article by Andrea Gallo concerning the 2008 ethics reform legislation lacks the substance worthy of such an important subject. Rather than an objective critique of specific legislation and potential alternatives, the article appears com…
As lieutenant governor of Louisiana, I travel to all parts of our state. I log an exorbitant number of miles each month as I journey across the more than 2 million miles of highways, byways, and thoroughfares that connect Louisiana. I am proud tha…
You never forget the day you’re sentenced.
When Republican President Donald Trump stopped in Louisiana last week, I don’t think anybody imagined he’d leave behind a big gift for Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Thankfully for millions of people who currently benefit from the law, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act two years ago faltered. So for now, people with pre-existing conditions are still guaranteed coverage at general…
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The situation in a nutshell: “Teachers are frustrated over low and stagnant pay. But labor costs for districts are going up rapidly due to pension and health-benefit costs. Because these benefit cost increases do not correspond to rising benefits …
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While abortion rights disputes cause fierce arguments around the nation, they create little obvious friction among Louisiana lawmakers, who regularly heap additional restrictions on the procedure and who appear poised to adopt more limits this session.
This letter is in response to Kaitlin Schmidtke's misguided letter about the oil and gas industry in Louisiana. Schmidtke, from Houston, seems to think that we need to give oil and gas more of our precious resources instead of turning away from th…
F. King Alexander has done wonders for LSU and 'is a true servant leader,' Dale Brown says in letter
Under the leadership of President F. King Alexander, the 2019 LSU graduating class is by far the most unique in the history of LSU. It is the largest spring graduating class, which includes 57 parishes, 47 states, and 63 nations. It has the most A…
Inside the State Capitol on Wednesday, observers and participants in the legislative circus might have been wondering if anything positive was being accomplished for Louisiana.
It wasn't hard for the cops to identify suspects in the murder of New Orleans pizza deliveryman Richard “Chris” Yeager five years ago.
What was called the "most important bill" of the session — one promoters said would lower Louisiana’s high auto insurance rates — fell apart after members of a Senate committee showed that the legislation was what opponents contended all along: an…
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Political history is replete with rise-and-fall stories, but rarely has someone risen so fast and then fallen so far as former Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The good news is that a tax-cut bill that would return the state budget to the chaos of the Bobby Jindal years is not likely to pass.
Earlier this week, education leaders stood on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol to release results indicating the graduating class of 2018 was the highest-achieving in state history.
As the pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic African American congregation in Baton Rouge, I am deeply concerned about a proposal in the Louisiana Legislature that would further expand Stand Your Ground laws in houses of …
I read with great interest the recent letter to the editor arguing that fantasy betting should help Louisiana businesses. As a fellow local business owner, I concur with the writer that sports betting should be extended to locally approved retail …
It’s hard to imagine a bigger waste of time than this recent dispute about labeling non-dairy milk. We all get that dairy farmers are hurting. We need to find ways to help support them. But labeling almond milk differently is not the answer.
“I’m proud of myself because, at first, I didn’t want to do this topic, but afterward, I was happy to be put in this group. And I was happy to have had this opportunity.”
You can forgive Kirk Williamson, a Republican candidate for the state House this fall, for being pumped over his brief recent encounter at Louis Armstrong International Airport with President Donald Trump, which ended in what sounds like a fly-by,…
To their influential advocates in the Legislature, always quick to help a politically connected industry, the bail bondsmen of New Orleans are the victims of an innocent mishap.
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Medical experiments conducted in prison should give us pause. When those experiments use drugs not approved by the FDA, that should make us cringe. In 1976, Congress created protections against repeating atrocities in medical experimentation that …
Stephanie Grace: Louisiana teachers deserve higher pay. We all know it. So why the political battle?
If you’re a public school teacher or support worker in Louisiana, there’s some indisputable good news emerging from the ongoing legislative session: Just about everybody gathered in Baton Rouge wants to give you a raise, albeit a modest one.
President Donald Trump, who recently traveled to Louisiana to talk about energy jobs, shouldn’t forget about one of the fastest-growing and most promising energy sectors in America right now: clean energy.
For nowhere near the first time and definitely not the last, the New Orleans City Council is meeting on Thursday to consider the future shape and scope of the city’s short-term rental market. This time, the agenda calls for council members to once…
In a tour of Louisiana’s new Sempra facility to export liquefied natural gas, Donald Trump knew he had a winner.
It would clearly be unfair not to refund $6 million in fees unlawfully extracted from the people of Orleans Parish.
When most politicians visit places like Louisiana, they tend to make empty promises. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, returned to the Pelican State after delivering exceptional results.
During my tenure as mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, I have committed to decreasing blight across the parish. This legislative session, my former colleagues at the Capitol will consider a bill — House Bill 466 by state Rep. Paula Davis …
It’s one thing to know that New Orleans is suffering, badly, from a chronic case of aging infrastructure. It’s another to see it in black and white, not to mention red.
Two years ago, Louisiana lawmakers joined with Gov. John Bel Edwards to approve sweeping reforms of the criminal justice system aimed at eliminating the state’s dubious distinction as America’s incarceration capital.
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There’s never been a better time to be alive than today. We’re living longer, eradicating worldwide poverty quicker, and as a nation, we’re less violent.
Having lived in Baton Rouge for more than 30 years, I’ve seen how our community has fallen behind. The lack of control over the minimum wage and family leave policy is directly affecting the District 5 community in that local businesses are challe…
Let us hold down the celebrations, please, but more than half of the 2019 session of the Louisiana Legislature is now past.
On May 15, the New Orleans Museum of Art opens the gates to the highly anticipated Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden expansion. Since breaking ground in December 2017, NOMA has continuously received an outpouring of enthusiastic support f…
President Donald Trump is spending Tuesday in Louisiana visiting a liquified natural gas facility in Cameron Parish to highlight his policies deregulating the industry, and then raising money in Metairie for his reelection.
We welcome today’s visit to Louisiana by President Donald Trump, whose planned stop at a liquefied natural gas facility in Cameron Parish is meant to underscore his administration’s support for the nation’s energy infrastructure.
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The focus on quality education for the students of East Baton Rouge Parish is what compelled me to respond to a recent letter to the editor calling for a charter moratorium as the district works to solve fiscal challenges.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump will be visiting Hackberry to highlight the area’s growing energy economy and associated infrastructure. There is talk in Washington of pursuing new infrastructure funding. When we think of coastal infrastructure…
As lieutenant governor, Billy Nungesser is Louisiana’s roving ambassador, a job that obligates him to represent the state well.
Spring has come to south Louisiana, which means residents are spending more time outdoors enjoying the milder weather.
While I appreciate the sentiment of an article published on February 29, "6 Tips for Making the Most of Your Medicare Plan," it fails to touch on a major point that will be financially crippling for recipients — the Health Insurance Tax.
Walt Handelsman’s May 5 cartoon about New Orleans infrastructure certainly hits the nail on the head. We are, as usual, ignoring the needs upon which the survival of the city rests, and instead looking to build a glitzy new hotel. New Orleans is d…
This Mother’s Day, people around the world have been reminded of one of the globe’s most iconic homages to a matriarch — Notre Dame Cathedral, damaged by fire last month in Paris.