State military spending up 77%, some $117 billion economic impact

Military- related spending in Louisiana generated more than $17 billion in total economic activity during fiscal year 2024, according to a new statewide analysis released today by Louisiana Economic Development.

City Council concerned about lack of lighting

Dear Editor:While multiple water main replacement projects are currently underway, the City Council is concerned for their constituents due to the inadequate lighting and lack thereof in certain areas of the City.

Campbell gives his opinion on LSU coaching debacle

Dear Editor:Like many in Louisiana, I am following with interest the shocking news coming almost daily from the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.Brian Kelly's tenure as head football coach did not go as planned or how most of us would have liked.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor recognizing Mary Nugent, a Louisiana World War II U.S. Navy veteran, who turned 102 years old this month. Cassidy reflected on Mary’s life of service and devotion to God, her country, and her community. “I’m told Mrs.

Veterans Day programs planned at schools

Lakeview Jr/Sr High School and Fairview Alpha Elementary will be hosting their annual Veterans’ Day program on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. in the Lakeview Jr High Gym. There will also be a social hour beginning at 9 a.m. in the multi-purpose room.

Is Congress Hypocritical?

The American government shutdown impacts about 1.4 million federal workers, with roughly 700,000 furloughed and another 700,000 deemed essential continuing to work without pay. This number doesn’t include the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits.

Keep Louisiana Beautiful introduces new video

Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) and Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser are pleased to share a new animated video created to teach Louisiana’s elementary school students about the harmful effects of litter and how they can help keep their communities clean.

Candidate is the author of an asinine, entirely predictable policy failure

In one of his classic New Jersey ballads, Bruce Springsteen sings of the sun “rising over them refinery towers.”If New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy had gotten his way, the Boss would need to update the lyric to rhapsodize about enormous wind turbines looming on the horizon instead.

Ask Rusty:

Do I Need to Sign Up for an Online Social Security Account?Dear Rusty: I recently I heard the tail end of a radio program which was discussing “signing up for my Social Security account.

What can be done? AI stealing author’s original works

Dear Editor:“I earned a master’s degree in history from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. I am an author and make my living by historical research and writing. I write a column that is published in over a dozen traditional and online newspapers in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi.