Business
Tax-free free shopping on Aug. 3-4
On Aug. 3-4, St. Charles will be the only parish in the state that will suspend all sales taxes on most retail purchases.
Government
Government
Restore Act will provide some funding for West Bank levee
St. Charles Parish stands to receive some funding for the West Bank hurricane protection levee following the signing of the Restore Act earlier this month.
Columns
Fiscal problems deepen
As soon as the FY13 state budget was enacted in June, the state was looking at making at least $600 million in mid-year budget cuts in December.
Columns
Hagler-Hearns revisited?
I will never forget “The War” between boxers “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler and Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns fought on April 15, 1985. I watched it at a closed-circuit big screen TV location. […]
Allen Lottinger
Police need facts in our biggest city
Police in Louisiana’s biggest city, New Orleans, reportedly have started getting more personal with people at traffic and pedestrian stops. […]
Government
Drastic improvements to East Bank levee make for safer hurricane season
While hurricane season is always a cause for concern for Louisiana residents, those living on the East Bank of St. Charles Parish have been able to breathe a sigh of relief now that they are under protection from a 100-year storm event.
Government
D.A. will review life sentences after Supreme Court ruling
District Attorney Joel Chaisson has begun research into past cases after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that giving mandatory life sentences to juveniles was unconstitutional.
Columns
Roberts healthcare decision confusing
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States, confused me (and many others) greatly in rendering his obtuse majority decision upholding the individual mandate in the court’s Affordable Care Act decision.
Allen Lottinger
Jindal still on campaign trail
Gov. Bobby Jindal seems to be on the campaign trail, not for governor but for vice president by campaigning as the likely Republican nominee for President Mitt Romney. Jindal denies it but his actions so far show otherwise. […]