Columns
Louisiana: The energy-less state
President Obama’s recently released budget details two things: where the Administration wishes to go and how it will pay for it. […]
Louisiana
Editorial
Pushing our Priorities in Washington
This past week I met with members of our state’s congressional delegation, including Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter, and Representatives Rodney Alexander, Charles Boustany and Steve Scalise, to talk about what our delegation needs to pursue in the new Congress and with the new Presidential Administration. […]
Our View
Ku Klux Klan lifts its ugly head
Just when we thought the slimy robes of the Ku Klux Klan had disappeared into irrelevance, bang goes a pistol and it lifts its ugly head again. […]
Editorial
Louisiana economy better off than rest of country
In the past week we held the first two of what will be weekly economic briefing meetings on the state of Louisiana’s economy. […]
Government
Let’s give our new governor a chance
Gov. Bobby Jindal has taken it upon himself to address the issue of ethics first and try to make Louisiana a state in which government does what it is supposed to do and the people who work in it do not take advantage of their positions to the detriment of the public. […]
Allen Lottinger
Louisiana is dancing in the rain
Louisiana is getting back to its old ways – – rain, rain and more rain. […]
Government
Runoff candidates speak out
On Nov. 17, area residents will return to the polls to elect one of the eight candidates for parish council that are currently in a runoff. […]
Allen Lottinger
Future of Louisiana at stake this week
By the time you are reading this, both the House and Senate have probably overidden President Bush’s veto of the water bill which would authorize projects to restore and protect the Louisiana coast as well as other projects across the nation. […]
Allen Lottinger
State gets national attention with election of Jindal
Louisiana got good national attention with the election of Bobby Jindal as governor. News networks played it up as an historic event. […]