Domestic violence tragedy finds us again
Domestic violence of any kind is tragic. That it often reaches the level of murder is horrific. Our local community is once again faced with the ugly reality of that situation in the wake of Wednesday...
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Don’t fear the reaper, fear the politicians
Today the U.S. Senate passed a $984 billion spending bill to keep the U.S. government running beyond next week. That's the good news (if one can call it that). The bad news (for some apparently) is...
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Bad case of the dead-on-arrival
So much for tax reform this year. Within just 10 days Gov. Bobby Jindal's big-ticket plan for the 2013 session of the Louisiana Legislature took a big old swan dive, and it doesn't look as if it's...
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Keeping an eye on Baton Rouge
When it comes to the Louisiana Legislature, one only has to blink to miss something. And last week sliding cleanly through the House Committee on Health and Welfare with a 12-7 vote was House Bill 527,...
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Smoke doesn’t always mean scandal … but it does point to flaws in system
In Washington, D.C., today, the Senate Finance Committee began meetings examining the recent reports from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration which indicate that there were some...
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Common Core on Legislature’s table today
File/The Times When the Education Committee of the state Senate meets at 1 p.m. today in the John J. Hainkel Jr. Room of the state Capitol building topping the agenda of legislation on the table will...
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Good news for LSUS; let bill-signing begin
It's been a long time coming, but we're finally on track to get advanced higher education degrees coming into our local public university. Wednesday the state Board of Regents gave final approval for...
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… and the bills keep coming
Apparently, the two early afternoon notices Thursday about bills crossing the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal were just the tip of the iceberg. After I shut down my computer for the day and retired to my...
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Shotgun houses back in the news
It seems like no matter what happens, they keep coming back. Shotgun homes line a portion of Lawrence Street in downtown Shreveport. Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times Shreveport shotgun houses are making...
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Medicaid expansion popular with people
Via: The Advisory Board Company It seems lately government at nearly all levels has shifted gears from being “by the People” to adopting a dictatorial partisan political flavor of the day that often...
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