Crime
Baton Rouge man impersonated cop, police say
A 39-year-old Baton Rouge man was arrested after authorities say he pretended to be a policeman while assisting a driver with a flat tire on Airline Highway in Destrehan.
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Football
Manning looking to escape shadow
Eli Manning is leading the New York Giants to Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots in a rematch of Super Bowl XLII. […]
Columns
Budget problems main focus in Baton Rouge battle
The 144 members of the Legislature didn’t exactly enjoy the recent Special Session on redistricting. […]
Allen Lottinger
Egypt gets off the beaten path
My wife and I were scheduled to go to Egypt on February 12. It was to be a glorious affair with several days in Cairo and then a cruise down the Nile River.
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Columns
Government playing games with taxpayers
Poll after poll has shown that American voters have had it with Congress.
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Allen Lottinger
Will Kennedy be next governor?
Look for state Treasurer John Kennedy to be a viable candidate for governor of Louisiana sometime in the future. […]
Opinions & Responses
Our strategy could have been much better
If Bobby Jindal and Billy Nungesser had been in charge of cleaning up the oil spill, we would be much further advanced. But unfortunately the federal government and British Petroleum, two foreign entities who did not know the lay of the land, were. […]
Opinions & Responses
New lieutenant governor not needed
Louisiana will get a new lieutenant governor – – Scott Angelle, appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal – – next week to replace Mitch Landrieu when he takes over as mayor of New Orleans. […]
Allen Lottinger
Jindal could lead in right direction
Gov. Bobby Jindal is making news again. Now he wants to reshape the State of Louisiana by cutting the government infrastructure and turning over many of the state’s functions to the private sector. […]