Regulators approve upgrades to handle Meta data center

Louisiana utility regulators last week approved Entergy Louisiana’s plan to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to power a $10 billion Meta data center in Richland Parish.

The siren song of despair---Charlie Kirk was on the battleground of ideas at universities

Charlie Kirk was a one-man answer to campus liberalism. He rose to prominence at a time when university administrators and progressive students were working in league to make campuses nogo zones for conservatives.They effectively banned them from their faculties.

Adhere to safe digging practices and call 811

When calling 811, homeowners and contractors are connected to Louisiana 811, the local 811 center, which notifies the appropriate utility companies of their intent to dig. Requests can also be made online at www.louisiana811.c om.

Ask Rusty:

Should I Claim Social Security Early Because it is Going Bankrupt?Dear Rusty: My best friend is going to be 62 and wants to begin taking her Social Security immediately.

Constitution Week is Sept. 17-23

In 1955, under the leadership of President General Gertrude Caraway, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution made its own resolution designating Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week.

Attacking Crime in Louisiana

President Trump is suggesting that the national guard could be used in additional American cities besides the nation’s capital, and has included New Orleans on his list. I have no problem with this, but we need to do a lot more on our own here in Louisiana.

National Guard isn’t the Gestapo and has limited use as police force

Donald Trump’s alleged fascist crackdown is finally here — federal troops are on the streets of major U.S. cities with almost certainly more on the way.First, they came for Los Angeles, then for Washington, D.C., and next, if reports are to be believed, Chicago.

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Can I Claim My Own SS Benefit Now and Get Half of My Husband’s Benefit Later?

Trump is wrong about mail-in voting, hope he thinks again

President Trump is threatening to wage war on mail-in ballots, and the GOP has to hope he thinks again before the 2026 midterms.

Exorbitant salaries don’t help keep the lights on

At the last Commission meeting, I asked how much our jurisdictional utility, SWEPCO, pays to be a member of the Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”), one of two Regional Transmission Organizations (“RTOs) doing business in our state, but the SPP representatives in attendance were not able to answer that...