Open door policy
BATON ROUGE — It is widely known as “sunshine,” that willingness by government to open up its books and meetings and operations to the general public.
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BATON ROUGE — It is widely known as “sunshine,” that willingness by government to open up its books and meetings and operations to the general public.
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With the Gallup Poll showing 51 percent of Americans want all U.S. troops out of Iraq by year’s end, John Kerry has made his move. The 2004 Democratic nominee is calling for complete withdrawal of U.S. forces, if Iraqis do not agree on a unity government by May 15. […]
BATON ROUGE –If there were ever a poster child for so-called legacy sites, the distinction would likely belong to William Dore’s 9,000 acres of marshland in Cameron Parish. He has made a profitable living leasing out his land to oil and gas prospectors, but it has come at a hefty price. […]
BATON ROUGE — Castration for sex offenders, human cloning, cockfighting, flag burning, computer-assisted hunting, an official state song. […]
BATON ROUGE — It has been 16 years since the Legislature took up the issue of abortion in a real way, and many people still remember what a circus it was. […]
BATON ROUGE — When six feet of Katrina’s water rushed down Bayou Savage along the eastern side of New Orleans, Pete Gerica rescued his elderly mother from the surge and strapped her to the top of a tree using a cable wire. […]
“Who is Karl Rove?” the puzzled fellow from Dubai inquired, on hearing he had a phone call waiting from the White House. […]
Back in January, I visited Katrina evacuees in Atlanta. I vividly recall a conversation with one young mother, Shajuan Harris, who tightly held her child and tearfully told me about her top priority for recovery. […]
BATON ROUGE — President Harry S. Truman offered Louisiana a sweet deal in 1949, an arrangement that state officials are still trying to get the feds to duplicate even today. […]
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