Government
New Clerk of Court says he will keep close watch on staff
Lance Marino began his new job last week as the parish’s Clerk of Court, and said he will keep close watch on his staff to avoid any improprieties.
Government
Government
Law change will cost hospital millions
Only a few days after the United State Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, funding that would reimburse Louisiana’s charity and rural hospitals for uncompensated care was stripped from a transportation bill that passed through Congress. […]
Columns
High price for purity
Our chief justice of the Supreme Court fled from the field of sanity on June 28 and ceded the struggle over containing massive federal government control over commerce and individual rights to the motley crew in Congress who laid the decomposing cadaver of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on his door step. […]
Government
Restore Act is finally passed
Passage of the Restore Act by Congress brings a big sigh of relief from Louisianans who were hoping most of the oil spill penalties assessed against BP would go proportionately to the five states bordering the Gulf of Mexico. […]
Columns
Too many elections may equal low voter turnout
The anecdotal and empirical data is there — Louisiana has too many elections each year.
Government
Councilman troubled by high water in Willowridge
Councilman Shelly Tastet said the sole reason he first ran for a seat on the St. Charles Parish Council five years ago was to progress the West Bank levee project.
Government
Clerk of Court says employee scandal contributed to election loss
Former Clerk of Court Charlie Oubre sat at a lunch table in the inner confines of the Clerk of Court’s office on the lower level of the St. Charles Parish courthouse. […]
Columns
State retirement system remains broken
In the early weeks leading up to the 2012 Legislative Session, state lawmakers were inundated with phone calls and correspondence regarding Governor Jindal’s education reform initiative. […]
Allen Lottinger
Hurricane season has its advantages
Just this past weekend, this writer was at Grand Isle, sitting on the beach in the sunshine and reading a book. It was slightly windy and the waves were tumbling in.