Columns
Lead us not into temptation
Sometime between now and the end of December, the state will release the amount of surplus revenue available after the books are closed on Fiscal Year 2005-06. […]
Dan Juneau
Columns
A year later
The mainstream media were loaded with stories recently about the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. […]
Columns
Politics not the answer
As the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, too much of the landscape in the hardest hit areas of Louisiana remains devastated. […]
Columns
A man with a plan
Michael Leavitt knows the clock is ticking on his tenure as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Before he leaves in less than three years, there are certain things he is keen on accomplishing. […]
Columns
Louisiana budget reform has a long way to go
A year from now, the 2007 election campaigns will be off and running. Due to term limits, half of the Legislature will likely be replaced, and most of the major statewide elected positions stand a good chance to be strongly contested. […]
Columns
Can we learn from the Mexicans?
Until recently, Mexico had a long history of election fraud, intimidation and outright suppression of voting. […]
Columns
An unresolved problem
When the state appropriations bill emerged from the House, it had a conspicuous passenger – a $150 million line item for hurricane evacuations. […]
Columns
The means, the motivation and the opportunity
The two most obvious areas needing attention in the aftermath of last year’s devastating hurricanes were the levee system and housing. […]
Columns
Another one bites the dust
At the moment, only four days remain in the legislative session. Time enough to do harm, time enough to do good-and perhaps time enough to add a bit more to the record level of state spending. […]