Columns
Tough on crime?
BATON ROUGE — The stars must have been perfectly aligned in 2001 when every imaginable party involved with the criminal justice process in the Legislature sat down at the same table. […]
Louisiana
Columns
Louisiana’s spicy politics
Death, taxes, Edwin Edwards and dirty elections. What do the four have in common? The first two, we all agree, are inevitable. But, in Louisiana, so are the second two. […]
News
Direct deposit for child support
BATON ROUGE- The Department of Social Services (DSS) is now offering child support clients two new options in receiving payments.
Columns
Abortion bills could produce another heated debate
BATON ROUGE — It has been 16 years since the Legislature took up the issue of abortion in a real way, and many people still remember what a circus it was. […]
Spirit Weekly
South Dakota governor signs abortion ban
AP — PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. […]
Allen Lottinger
Pro-lifers look forward to turnaround
After appointment of two U. S. Supreme Court justices who are considered conservative, it didn’t take long for the path to be opened toward the possible overturning of Roe vs. Wade. […]
Columns
Louisiana must heal from within
The biggest danger Louisiana faces right now isn’t the specter of more hurricanes slamming into us from the Gulf. It is the divisions within us that were driven to the forefront by the twin disasters last fall. […]
Allen Lottinger
People in South Louisiana are different
Our people and state were exposed to public opinion by people all over the world like never before after Hurricane Katrina opened our doors to universal inspection. […]
Editorial
Vitter’s View: The path to Louisiana’s recovery
Like most in Louisiana, I’ve been very disappointed by the Bush administration’s recent statements about our hurricane recovery. National and Louisiana leaders seem to be talking past each other rather than finding and building on common ground. […]