Government

Where do tax dollars go?

From 2004 to 2008, yearly sales and property tax revenue collected by the parish has increased by almost $17 million – from $41.7 million to $58.6 million – which has allowed Parish President V.J. St. Pierre and the Parish Council to take an aggressive approach to upgrading infrastructure. […]

Government

Appeal backfires

A former Luling doctor who received five years of probation in 2006 after pleading no contest to one count of attempted possession of child pornography could be sentenced to up to five years in jail after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal declared the original sentence illegal. […]