Many Louisiana home and business owners were concerned when they recently learned that our property insurer of last resort—Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Company of Louisiana—is raising its rates by an average of 18 percent effective October 1 of this year. […]
After a few days at Grand Isle, Ye Publisher and his wife went to a press meeting in Sandestin, FL last week. […]
Now that Gov. Bobby Jindal has gotten that legislative pay raise off his back by vetoing the measure, he needs to get back to the most important business facing the state. And that is preservation and restoration of the coast. […]
I had to shake my head and refocus my eyes when I read the following words from a news story: “House Democrats responded to President Bush’s call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling…. Among other things, the Democrats called for government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.” […]
Term limits created an almost completely new legislature this year. That legislature’s exuberance in wanting to get a big raise right off the bat may create an almost new legislature next time, too. […]
The U.S. Senate wisely decided recently not to bring a very controversial bill, the Climate Security Act, to a floor vote. […]
Prohibit Legislators from giving themselves pay raises that take effect before the subsequent elections. […]
Our next President may have a major problem. It could perhaps be somewhat like the problem George W. Bush faced soon after he assumed the chief executive slot. […]
With little more than a couple of weeks remaining in the Legislature’s regular session, a good bill has passed that should not go unheralded. […]
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