What's Happening
Free booster seat giveaway event
METAIRIE – The Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force will conduct a summer booster seat giveaway on Saturday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. […]
Louisiana
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Taxpayers forced to pay for outside counsel to defend Louisiana
On Friday, the Louisiana Supreme Court handed-down a decision declaring unconstitutional the only piece of Bobby Jindal’s 2012 “pension reform” plan to pass the legislature. The court said it didn’t pass. […]
Opinions & Responses
World Trade Center should remain
It’s unbelievable that The Tricentennial Plan in New Orleans would provide for tearing down one of the most significant buildings in the city — the World Trade Center at the foot of Canal Street. […]
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Session ends but problems, conflicts continue
Perhaps the kindest thing that can be said about the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature is that it didn’t result in the need for a follow-up Special Session. […]
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State construction is a vicious cycle
The taxpayers of Louisiana are constantly paying for new state buildings because maintenance of existing buildings is not a priority. […]
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Driver’s license or passport needed?
Recent federal law requires that in order to use one’s driver’s license as an I.D. for boarding a flight on a commercial airline the license must include certain information in the magnetic strip. […]
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What’s at the end of the road?
The Senate Finance Committee approved increasing the state’s Operating Budget mostly using more one-time and highly-suspect revenues.
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Looking back at the election from hell
Perhaps the lowest point in my career with LABI and my involvement with Louisiana politics was the infamous “Election from Hell” in 1991: Edwin Edwards versus David Duke. […]
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Obama administration – where ignorance is bliss
If FDR had the same advisors that Barack Obama has, he wouldn’t have known that Pearl Harbor had been bombed until media reports filtered back to the mainland. […]