Government
Naked and exposed
Along the parish’s southern flank, most of the west bank section is without any significant hurricane levee; this is a fact of life that west bank parish residents have grown accustomed to.
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Government
Government
Vitter comes to St. Charles
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today announced satellite office hours for St. Charles Parish residents. […]
Columns
Class action lawsuit loophole
Last year, Congress did something it rarely does these days; it passed a major reform in the face of strong opposition. Responding to many well-documented abuses, Congress enacted a compromise bill on class action lawsuit reform. […]
Government
Indian burial grounds and traffic woes surface at council
St. Charles Parish’s exceptional growth in size and industry have dominated the parish council agenda. […]
Columns
Insurance concerns huge issue for bankers
BATON ROUGE — More than 40 bankers descended on the State Capitol last month, awaiting meetings with agency heads and filling the hallways with pinstriped power suits and scrolling through BlackBerries while sitting in committee rooms. […]
Government
I-49 pushes on post-Katrina
Even with two major storms, the construction of I-49 South is continuing, although it is still in the planning stage. With a connection between Raceland and the Westbank Expressway in the New Orleans metro area, the proposed highway will irrevocably alter the St. Charles Parish. […]
Government
Parish overhauls hurricane communications
With the trials and tribulations of Katrina and Rita still fresh on the minds of parish residents, hurricane season officially arrives today. […]
Columns
eBay squaring off in legislative dot-com battle
BATON ROUGE — There are business and industry folks up at the Capitol, as well as lobbyists for health care and video poker. But very rarely do you ever see eBay’s people, as they might be called, looking out for the interests of the popular auction website. […]
Editorial
Time for tax cuts
Louisiana families tell me time and again about their hard work to make ends meet. Between paying for groceries, gasoline for our cars and trucks and energy costs to cool our homes, it’s hard for many families to find enough each month to pay the bills, much less try to help kids through school or think about putting some away for a rainy day. […]