News
Small business owners feeling pandemic’s effects
As coronavirus concerns plague the country into the unforeseeable future, small business owners in St. Charles Parish are already feeling the pandemic’s effects. […]
Louisiana
Breaking News
All Louisiana schools closed, gatherings of more than 250 halted for the next month
Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a proclamation Friday that among other actions immediately halts any gathering of more than 250 people until Monday, April 13 and closes all K-12 public schools statewide for the next month as Louisiana seeks to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state. […]
Columns
You can’t take it with you
The call from the east coast arrived at 6 a.m.
An old boss of mine had passed away due to an aneurysm. Oddly, just three minutes before his passing, his wife was pronounced dead from a heart attack at his bedside.
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Columns
A four quarter fix
You don’t put on a tuxedo to go to McDonalds and you don’t get on an airplane to visit your neighbor across the street. It would be silly to take such grand steps to accomplish something quite simple. […]
Columns
Paving the Road to Safer Louisiana Highways
Louisiana’s definition of a distracted or inattentive driver is one who is actively engaged in any activity that diverts his/her attention away from the task of driving. […]
Columns
A Contract with Louisiana
In 1994, after two years under the Clinton administration and decades more toiling as the minority party in Congress, Republicans decided they needed a plan to better communicate with the American people and detail the specific actions they promised to take if they assumed leadership in Congress in the upcoming elections. […]
Columns
Political History: JBJ’s Dinner at Galatoire’s
On the Friday before Mardi Gras in 1987, then-U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston decided to take a break from the hustle and bustle of Capitol Hill to enjoy Carnival in New Orleans. […]
Columns
Political History: Alexander Hamilton and the Louisiana spy
July 11, 1804 marked the 215th anniversary of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton being mortally wounded in a dual. […]
Columns
LDH receives federal grant to combat maternal opioid misuse
The Louisiana Department of Health has been selected as one of 10 states that have been awarded the Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model grant by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center. […]
