Residents not optimistic economic conditions improving The Haynesville Shale natural gas boom and billions of dollars in insurance payouts and federal funds to rebuild after Katrina created a positive ripple in employment, personal income and other fac...
Naming ballparks fitting tribute to late Mayor Sampite Mayor Lee Posey and other Natchitoches officials hit a home run when they named a complex of baseball fields used for the city recreation program Sampite Park in memory of long-time mayor, coach an...
Letters to the Editor Dear Editor:
With the recent observation of the Holocaust, there is unfortunately no mention of the American military, which stopped the Holocaust. Without it, it would still be going on.
My work...
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor:
It’s been more than six months since the murders of our staff in Benghazi and not one suspect has been charged or arrested.
With all the resources the USA has in the form of alphabet ...
Boyce elects police chief BOYCE, La. (AP) — Boyce has been without a police department since September 2012. The first step to getting a department is electing a chief.
The Town Talk reports (http://townta.lk/YeP6TY ) Eddie...
Plan B to end income tax By John Kennedy
State Treasurer and former Secretary, Department of Revenue
I appreciate Gov. Jindal’s plan to end Louisiana’s personal and corporate income tax. Our state needs a tax code that l...
Jindal parks plan; give legislators the wheel
The fundraisers leading up to it and the big parties kicking it off haven’t changed, but the first days of this legislative session could hardly be more different from last year’s. At this point ...
New budget reflects lack of progress in upgrading highways The proposed state budget that legislators are mulling over for next year would again divert funds from highway construction and renovation programs to help deal with the debt from a 1989 road impr...
Jindal’s tailspin of no good to perceptions of state’s future Gov. Bobby Jindal’s popularity rating is in a tailspin according to a new public opinion poll, but even Jindal’s most ardent political adversaries should take little satisfaction in the growing lac...
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