Columns
Agency ordered to ignore tax collection
The state constitution prohibits the legislature from passing a new tax or increasing an existing tax in a Regular Session in an even-numbered year. […]
Month: August 2014
Columns
Ground game, turnout could decide Senate race
While hopes are high for turnout this fall, a new report from the Center for the Study of the American Electorate suggests that Louisiana’s midterm face-offs may amount to nothing special in terms of votes cast. […]
Our View
World needs a major workover
The world is different in this century, to say the least. […]
Obituaries
Biff Anthony Troxler
Biff Anthony Troxler, 56 of Hahnville, joined the Lord peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 9:35 p.m. […]
Obituaries
Franklin Delano Ford
Franklin Delano Ford, 81, former longtime resident of Luling, passed peacefully in Newcastle, Pa. on Aug. 7. […]
Business
Norco explosion, fire caused by faulty pipe
A pipe malfunction is reportedly behind a powerful explosion that was felt throughout the parish and caused a fire at the Diamond Green Diesel Refinery in Norco in early August. […]
Crime
Teens avoid jail after robbing suspected drug dealer in Norco
Two teens will not spend any additional time in jail after admitting they lured a Metairie drug dealer to a Norco park and robbed him of synthetic marijuana in January. […]
Government
Parish still has no plan in place to repay misspent taxpayer money
Parish President V.J. St. Pierre’s administration must find a way to repay or rectify a finding by the Louisiana Attorney General that they unconstitutionally provided $140,000 worth of free dumpsters. […]
Government
New laws ban cell phones in school zones, give hefty fines for cigarette litter
New laws targeting motorists have taken effect, including a ban on using cell phones in school zones and cigarettes and cigarette butts being labeled as litter. […]