Study says financial obligations stressing many Louisianans

Over 2 Million Louisianans are approaching a ‘Stress Tipping Point’, According to a new study.•Study uncovers a critical threshold where the accumulation of financial obligations leads to overwhelming stress levels.•Almost 4-in-5 Louisianans feel they are approaching this stress tipping point.•...

How old is too old to be in public office?

Age has never seemed to be such a big issue in American politics. Do we let our elected officials stay in office way too long? Should there be restrictions as to when older politicians must step down?

REMEMBER THIS?

In 1966, 21-year-old Wayne Anthony Allwine began working in the mailroom at Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif.. For three years, Wayne sorted and delivered mail in the studio.

Louisiana ACLU testifies at special session on crime

Over 15 bills were heard Feb. 22 during the first day of committee hearings for the special legislative session on crime.To fast track their passage, House Republicans suspended rules on proposed bills that could potentially add millions to Louisiana’s state budget.The majority of the bills heard...

Why the Blue Cross sale failed

Blue Cross, Blue Shield is Louisiana’s largest health insurer, and one of the state’s largest employers. A major effort was undertaken by the Blue Cross Board to sell the whole system to a company called Elevance Health located in Indianapolis Indiana.

The Good News

Reading Proverbs 4:26 brought to mind my childhood experience with a cluster of briars along the banks of Cane River.“Watch the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.”My friends, Betty and Claudia Brown, my brother Tommy, and the Williams’ kids, were looking for a new hideout...

Louisiana Works to Support Texas’ Border Security Efforts

The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) has officially received a request from Texas to help with security on the Southern Border.Governor Jeff Landry has approved sending Louisiana National Guard troops to Texas during a news conference on the border earlier...

Cassidy releases troubling report on child literacy

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a report outlining the severity of declining child literacy in the United States and its long-term effects.After the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 National Assessment...

Besides raking in campaign dollars, what else does your state Congressman do?

If Trump is convicted on federal charges and turned down by any appeal to the Supreme Court, should he still be allowed to both run and serve as president if elected?Should President Biden be allowed to carry on numerous military confrontations in the Middle East without prior congressional...

COMMON SENSE

So have you been following the antics of your congressmen in Louisiana recently?Oh yeah, we all read were they had a huge gathering. in Washington DC last week.