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It’s legislators’ jobs to weigh Jindal’s proposed tax plans
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to eliminate state income taxes on individuals and corporations and raise sales taxes to offset those revenues has generated both criticism and support, but it has also cre...
Feb 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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New priorities squeeze out handwriting lessons
BARBARA LEADER, The News-Star MONROE, La. (AP) — Gone are the days when second- and third-grade students spent hours mastering the technique needed to create the cursive alphabet and even more time...
Feb 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: Recently, a promotional campaign by Peoples State Bank regarding its merger with MidSouth Bank included my picture on a full-page newspaper ad and a poster displayed at bank locations....
Jan 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal’s plan would keep guns from mentally ill
Gov. Bobby Jindal will offer in this year’s legislative session a plan to prohibit gun sales to some individuals based on mental health issues, and legislators should support that common sense prop...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Is Louisiana Ready for Her Super Close-Up?
After the Saints’ miserably agonizing Bountygate year, the football gods spared New Orleans the final indignity by not sending the arch-rival Atlanta Falcons to the Super Bowl. While San Francisco ...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Colleges and universities need financial support
Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Jim Purcell should be commended for encouraging members of the Board of Regents to lobby legislators for increased financial support for the state’s c...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: For what it is worth. One woman’s opinion on guns. I grew up in United Kingdom (England) during the post World War II years. My dad had a rifle he had carried as a home guardsman durin...
Jan 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Approval of Congress hits an all time low in public opinion
American voters’ confidence in Congress seems to have hit a new low in the wake of the fiscal cliff budget crisis, according to a survey by Public Policy Polling. The poll conducted this month sho...
Jan 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Candy and Castor Oil
Baton Rouge, La.--I’ll make an early prediction about the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature: it won’t take long for someone to scream “Fire in the hole!” Ideologies will quickly manifest them...
Jan 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Disaster Relief should be given equally to all victims
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid set off a firestorm of criticism by stating that the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was “nothing in comparison” to the damage that Hurricane Sandy created i...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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