Louisiana has about 700 local school board members across the state. Local school boards are charged with establishing policy that results in quality education for students and they are the stewards of hundreds of millions of tax dollars collected for schools. […]
Some of the highest paying jobs in America are created by companies that make things. Manufacturing has been a mainstay in the U.S. economy since the beginning of the industrial revolution. […]
According to the latest public opinion polls, most Americans are not in favor of the proposals in Congress to “reform” our health care system. […]
Last year, at the urging of Louisiana’s business community, legislation was enacted to change the way the state assists employers in obtaining the workers needed to keep their shops and plants operating. […]
While the national and international debate on climate change and reduction of green-house gases continues, Louisiana has surged ahead of most other states in its effort to capture and store carbon from utility power plants and industrial sites and to put the by-product to good use. […]
Presidential campaigns are in some respects like a gruesome war. Large, well-financed armies of partisans slug it out in battles designed to rally their voters into action and to drive down the favorable impressions of the opposing candidate. […]
The Legislature has adjourned, but the dust from this session probably will not settle before next year’s session begins. […]
Beyond the high rhetoric of the 44th President of the United States, some interesting trends seem to be developing. […]
One of the most controversial proposals that will be debated in the upcoming legislative session will be attempts to increase Louisiana’s homestead exemption for residential property taxes. […]
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