Poor Columbus! He was just a footnote

Did you celebrate Columbus Day last week? ( Ooops, it’s now Indigenous Peoples Day.) That’s right. We changed the name, and now celebrate those Indian tribes Columbus encountered on his discovery of the Americas, a number of which were cannibals.

Don’t count on lower insurance rates in the state

Louisiana legislators are ringing their hands over the increasing cost of property insurance. “How are we going to bring Insurance premiums down? What to do, what to do?” Will enforcing stronger building codes work? How about giving grants for people to reinforce their roofs?

Lawmakers must support Cassidy’s fight for affordable flood insurance

This hurricane season has given Senator Bill Cassidy’s fight to rein in flood insurance costs a new sense of urgency not only for our state but for the nation.

Today’s Good News

Elvis Presley scored big with his number one love song recorded in 1956. No matter what your taste in music is, you cannot deny what an impact Love Me Tender has had on the human heart. Just examine the word “tender.”

Dockworkers seem to be for economic stagnation

It’s the processing gate that roared.APM Terminals at the Port of Mobile in Alabama uses a semiautomated gate to process trucks without union labor, and this supposed outrage is one of the reasons the International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike.

Louisiana can relate to disaster in the mountains

“Drive Faster. The Mountains are close by”. That’s a bumper sticker I’ve seen on a number of cars throughout western North Carolina. Yes, living in the mountains is special.A lot of people are beach groupies or mountain devotees.

State’s community & technical colleges to launch U.S. Coast Guard direct enlistment program

The Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) Wednesday to establish a Direct Enlistment Lateral Entry Program during a special signing ceremony at SOWELA Technical Community College.

HERO funding will support projects aimed at energy grid resilience

The Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Tyler Gray announced today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has given final approval for and released $249 million in federal Infrastructure Investment and Job Act funds to support pilot projects in the state aimed at encouraging...

Edwin Edwards for President?

Some of you older readers may recall the name of South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park, a flamboyant international lobbyist who died this past week.Back in the 1970s, he was intricately involved in the politics of Louisiana.

Governor signs First Amendment protection for all students

Gov. Landry Signs Executive Order Protecting First Amendment Rights for All Students On Oct. 1 Governor Jeff Landry signed an executive order seeking to promote and protect free speech for all higher institutions across Louisiana.Freedom of speech is an inalienable right for all Americans, and it...