Columns
AP editorial puts Louisiana in bad light — again
Thanks to fellow “Internet Kook” and real free-lance journalist, Emily Metzgar we get the following taste of how we in LA are viewed by others. […]
Louisiana
Columns
On a short leash
BATON ROUGE — When Buddy Roemer was denied a second term in office following the 1991 gubernatorial election, he said he made one major plea to Edwin Edwards, who had just been re-elected for an unprecedented fourth time. […]
Columns
Waiting for health care reform
BATON ROUGE — Aside from opinion polls and talk radio rhetoric, there are strong indicators that people are growing weary waiting the government to reform Louisiana’s health care system. […]
Allen Lottinger
Louisiana is really not a poor state
Louisiana is often referred to as a “poor state” but that’s not really true. […]
Columns
House endorses oil royalties plan, Senate brokers compromise
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana came one step closer last week to realizing its longtime goal of increasing its share of offshore oil and gas royalties when the U.S. House approved legislation that would guarantee $9 billion over the next decade. […]
Columns
The man with the plan
BATON ROUGE — Scott Angelle pointed hard and fast to Caddo Parish. The he breathlessly offered an overview of the state’s dry hole tax credit. […]
Columns
Coastal concerns a major issue for legislature
BATON ROUGE – Issues that have long drawn concern from only south Louisiana communities, such as hurricane protection, flood control and coastal restoration, were crystallized as major state policy during the regular session that adjourned Monday evening. […]
Columns
Bush, Bilbray, Busby and control of congress
The scrimmages are ending, and game time is near. In the rough and tumble world of congressional politics, sides are being chosen. […]
Opinions & Responses
There’s new hope for state coming out of Washington
If Hurricane Katrina did anything good for this area, it was to make people in other parts of the country realize how the coast of Louisiana is washing away. […]