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‘Alford:’ Silly season has arrived in governor’s race 

All credit goes to state Rep. Sam Jones, who probably stole it from someone...

JR Ball: Perhaps Baton Rouge could use Batman to fight crime

Eight unrelated shootings in East Baton Rouge Parish over 10 days in late June...

Riegel: Louisiana’s role in the immigration debate

The immigration debate raging across the country may seem somewhat removed from us here...

Publisher: Gov. John Bel Edwards is no conservative

If you look up John Bel Edwards on Wikipedia, it describes the governor as...

Alford: And now the weather… 

In south Louisiana, where politics and football are too easily labeled as theater and...

Alford: Young voters, women candidates are trends to watch

On one side of the ballot, prognosticators and at least one poll are predicting...
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Is success what we are striving for?

“What is your definition of success?” I asked Mary, a college graduate sitting on...

Alford: Polling and politics are a match made in hell

Have you seen any polls lately? Did you get our poll? You're not going to cover...

Riegel: Making sense of the MovEBR management contracts

How, exactly, will the city-parish and its two program management teams of 16 engineering...

JR Ball: Brother, can you spare $2 million for poor Baton Rouge?

The outrage was almost immediate. Baton Rouge and its city-parish government, with an annual...