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Publisher: Will ‘race’ drive decisions in 2019?
As a new year starts, we are hopeful of growth and progress in our community. There are many opinions and predictions shared in this...
Alford: Welcome to the Year of the Pig
We're done with Christmas and the year is only slightly new. A Louisiana team seems to be headed to the Super Bowl and Twelfth...
Alford: The anything-can-happen election
For the past 28 years, Louisiana’s incoming governors have alternated party labels four times. From the perch of 2019, looking back over those years,...
Alford: They said it in 2018 (And in 1993)
Remember 2018? It was 12 months long, as I recall, with four different seasons that appeared sporadically in some order or another. It was...
JR Ball: Building trust in Baton Rouge through transparency
James Madison, he of fourth president fame, may have been foreshadowing modern-day Baton Rouge in 1832 when he said, “A popular government, without popular...
Riegel: The Baton Rouge postal service problem
There are days, no doubt, when we all feel like throwing our workload in the trash or, perhaps, down a storm drain, as a...
Publisher: People are the new companies
Last month, my friend, Buzzy Thibodeaux, shared something significant as we were discussing the future and disruption for Baton Rouge. He made the point...
Alford: Nice guys, quiet voices and the race for Louisiana governor
If you’re planning to run for governor and you haven’t revealed your intentions or leanings to a sizable crowd, then Jeremy Alford says “you...
Nice guys, quiet voices and the race for Louisiana governor
If you’re planning to run for governor and you haven’t revealed your intentions or leanings to a sizable circle of human beings, then you...
A Louisiana constitutional convention primer
I had but two goals while writing this column:
To provide a better understanding of the ongoing constitutional convention issue in Louisiana as 2019...
JR Ball: A Christmas wish list for Baton Rouge
With the arrival of the gift that keeps on giving—my annual property tax bill—the Christmas and holiday seasons are officially upon us in Baton...
Riegel: A silver lining among the storm clouds of climate change
As has been well documented by now, the Trump administration released one of the most significant reports about climate change in recent memory on...
Publisher: Choose solutions on Dec. 8 ballot
Parishwide MovEBR Roads and traffic tax:Â YES
You have seen the old Fram oil filter commercials where a mechanic warns you about costly engine repairs...
JR Ball: Amazon’s decision a reality check for Baton Rouge
Stephen Moret is one happy human these days. The man who not too long ago spearheaded economic development in Louisiana, and Baton Rouge before...
Riegel: Grappling with Baton Rouge’s 5G future
Not many people were paying attention in 2017, when the Metro Council passed a hastily crafted ordinance laying out the parameters for how and...
Publisher: Metro Council is the disaster
This column has been revised since its original publication to clarify the status of a Board of Ethics investigation into the East Baton Rouge...
JR Ball: They make the mistake, we pay for it
Why are we, the taxpayers of Louisiana, routinely paying for the mistakes of others?
Some loathsome elected official, government worker or university professor thinks it’s...
Riegel: The time has come in Louisiana for tort reform
The legislative session may still be months away, but the business community is already gunning for one of its familiar and favorite targets: The...
Publisher: Entrepreneurs should lead, government serve
In cities and states across America, people are looking for solutions to many challenges. Politicians think they have the answers and often create more...
JR Ball: Blame the lawyers for Louisiana’s fiscal health
Louisiana’s financial health is … not good. No secret there. Anyone paying anything resembling an iota of attention knows the state’s budget and how...
