Columns
Beware the ides of May
Three weeks are left in the 2013 regular session of the Legislature, and much water is left to run under the legislative bridge before sine die adjournment on June 6. […]
Louisiana
Columns
House doesn’t address huge fiscal concerns
On Friday, as I watched the Louisiana House of Representatives debate the state’s Fiscal Year (FY) 14 budget I couldn’t help but wonder what happened to certain fiscal concerns that I didn’t hear addressed in the debate. […]
Columns
Is B.R. becoming D.C.?
The more I watch the goings on at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the more it looks like the U.S. Capitol in D.C.
Columns
Obamacare heads towards troubled waters
There is good news and bad news for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The good news is that it is nearing full implementation next January 1. […]
Columns
Sales tax plan revealed…sorta
Thursday, Bobby Jindal made a rare appearance at the State Capitol . He materialized before the House Ways and Means and Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committees (the tax committees) in support of Rep. Joel Robideaux’s plan for increasing the state sales taxes and repealing the personal income tax and some other taxes — maybe. […]
Columns
Things that caught my eye
Add $239 more to the budget hole: If things weren’t bleak enough for the state’s fiscal outlook, more bad news came this week in the form of a $239 million federal court judgment against Louisiana. […]
Columns
Sequester would trigger $1.2 trillion in cuts
Unless the unlikely happens, on March 1 the much cussed and discussed federal sequester will automatically trigger, cutting some $1.2 trillion over 10 years across the board in both defense and discretionary (non-entitlement) spending. […]
Business
State of American business
One of America’s strongest and most influential business leaders, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, recently gave his report on the state of business in America (view it online at uschamber.com). […]
Editorial
Is Louisiana ready for her super close-up?
After the Saints’ miserably agonizing Bountygate year, the football gods spared New Orleans the final indignity by not sending the arch-rival Atlanta Falcons to the Super Bowl. […]