Columns
Move over Saudi Arabia
Throughout my 40 years representing the business community—first with the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and then with LABI—I have been a student of energy issues and energy economics. […]
Columns
Columns
Spending is a bipartisan obsession
If you engage with government long enough, as I have, it is hard not to become cynical. Then again, cynics often see an unfiltered version of the truth. At this moment, politics weigh heavily upon voters who care. […]
Columns
Doing the Jindal shuffle
Allegedly due to revenue shortfalls, Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued hiring freezes, pay freezes and the elimination of per diems for those in the Executive Branch of government. […]
Columns
How our state stacks up nationally
The Tax Foundation has released its 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index. It ranks Louisiana in the bottom half of states at 32nd (the lower the number, the better the score in this index). […]
Business
What manufacturing means to state
Oct. 5 has been designated “Manufacturing Day” in the U.S. It is appropriate to reflect upon the role manufacturing plays in our economy nationally and here in Louisiana.
Allen Lottinger
Water must be kept healthy
Water is perhaps one of the most important substances in keeping the world healthy. And the name of Nancy Rabalais has been prominent in southeast Louisiana for almost three decades in her studies of it. […]
Columns
House moves forward to the past
Representative “Chuckle” Kleckley is clearly the worst Speaker of the House in Louisiana history.
Allen Lottinger
Iran is major threat to world
The main threat from nuclear weapons today comes from Iran. The country is believed to be nearing the stage of developing such a weapon that could be used for extensive destructive purposes by next summer. […]
Columns
Special session was called only 18 months ago
There are many recent media reports regarding Rep. Dee Richard’s initiating a petition for the leges to call themselves into a special session.