Editorial
State should restrict election dates in the future
Unbeknownst to most people in St. Charles Parish, Saturday was election day here. […]
Editorial
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. […]
Allen Lottinger
Elmer’s Island would make a great state park
Elmer’s Island – – that choice piece of real estate at the bottom of Lafourche Parish on the Gulf of Mexico – – may become public land. […]
Columns
On a short leash
BATON ROUGE — When Buddy Roemer was denied a second term in office following the 1991 gubernatorial election, he said he made one major plea to Edwin Edwards, who had just been re-elected for an unprecedented fourth time. […]
Columns
Waiting for health care reform
BATON ROUGE — Aside from opinion polls and talk radio rhetoric, there are strong indicators that people are growing weary waiting the government to reform Louisiana’s health care system. […]
Columns
House endorses oil royalties plan, Senate brokers compromise
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana came one step closer last week to realizing its longtime goal of increasing its share of offshore oil and gas royalties when the U.S. House approved legislation that would guarantee $9 billion over the next decade. […]
Columns
The man with the plan
BATON ROUGE — Scott Angelle pointed hard and fast to Caddo Parish. The he breathlessly offered an overview of the state’s dry hole tax credit. […]
Columns
Coastal concerns a major issue for legislature
BATON ROUGE – Issues that have long drawn concern from only south Louisiana communities, such as hurricane protection, flood control and coastal restoration, were crystallized as major state policy during the regular session that adjourned Monday evening. […]
Columns
With ethics, old ways die hard
BATON ROUGE – When Rep. Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe, tried last week to get a hearing on the House floor – his third attempt this session — for a bill to prohibit elected officials from entering into hurricane recovery contracts, 52 of his colleagues tabled the move and buried the ethics proposal in a shallow grave. […]