Four’s a charm for La. Speaker of the House

as a legislator and Baton Rouge and now as an important congressman.Steve was shot at a congressional baseball practice in 2017, and came close to losing his life.But he made a strong comeback and took over the role of majority leader, the same position held by Hale Boggs.

COMMON SENSE

It took four Louisiana congressmen 51 years before one of them became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.Second line to being president, a responsibility and honor that very few receive. Finally, after all this time, an obscure young congressman from Shreveport made it.

La. State Police superintendent will retire in January

From the Office of Colonel Lamar A. Davis: After much prayer, consideration, and discussion with my family and friends, I have made the decision to retire from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety/Louisiana State Police, effective Jan. 8, 2024.

State treasurer comments on Amendment No. 2

As a longtime proponent of making government less complicated and more user-friendly for taxpayers, State Treasurer John M. Schroder encourages voters’ close review and consideration of Amendment No. 2 on Nov. 18.

Governor-elect Landry names transition councils

Last week Governor- elect Jeff Landry announced his 14 transition councils and their chairs.

Amazon invests in second facility in Shreveport’s ShrevePark

Amazon is entering into an agreement for a new last-mile facility in Caddo Parish.This new facility will be approximately 87,000 square feet at the Shreve Park Industrial Campus located off Highway 3132.

Louisiana center of the political universe?

Remember the story about the dog chasing cars until he finally caught one? Now what does he do? If ever there was a time in Louisiana history when Republican elected officials all over the state “finally caught one,” now is the time.

The superpower that can’t arm itself

No matter how much we'd like to believe in the inevitably of human progress and the spread of enlightened norms, we've learned the past couple of years that we still need artillery shells lots of artillery shells.

Majority of voters don’t care in Louisiana

So they threw a party, and nobody came. That’s what happened in Louisiana’s recent gubernatorial election. The turnout of voters going to the polls was a pathetic 35%. But remember that only 50% of Louisiana citizens are actually registered.

Four amendments will be on Nov. 18 ballot

Voters are asked to consider another four amendments to the Louisiana Constitution in the Nov. 18 election.