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Alford: The partying is over
Washington Mardi Gras is a yearly tradition that stretches back more than six decades.
It’s essentially a series of parties and mini-conferences, both formal...
Alford: The partying is over (mostly)
You may have had a bit of fun last week back at home at your local Mardi Gras shindigs, but you probably didn’t have full-bars-in-the-elevators...
JR Ball: The real ITEP problem
Go ahead, blame Gov. John Bel Edwards for creating the mess that’s become of the Industrial Tax Exemption Program. Scream whatever obscenities you like...
Riegel: The Louisiana way of doing business
I was in Mobile, Alabama, earlier this month, when the state’s first Buc-ee’s—indeed, the first Buc-ee’s outside of the convenience store chain’s home state...
Publisher: Governor’s ITEP change helps Texas
“In my 40 years, this is the best economic development move I have ever seen by any Louisiana governor—for the state of Texas.”
—Economist Loren...
Alford: Same delegation, different feel
What a difference a year makes.
But you knew that already. There’s a reason why writers and others use that adage, and it happens...
Alford: House continues to buck tradition
In terms of legislative lines of demarcation, there’s before Barras and after Barras. That’s to say there was the Louisiana House before the election...
JR Ball: The curious case of Lea Anne Batson
The why remains a mystery, but it’s obvious that Metro Councilman LaMont Cole and his council cabal—which notably includes Republican Chandler Loupe—want City-Parish Attorney...
Riegel: A new road map for funding infrastructure?
Why would the latest effort by the business community to get state lawmakers behind a plan to invest in the state’s crumbling roads and...
JR Ball: The curious case of Lea Anne Batson
Let’s be clear: I have no clue whether or not Lea Anne Batson should be fired from her job as the Baton Rouge city-parish...
Riegel: A new road map for funding infrastructure?
The latest effort by the business community to get state lawmakers behind a plan to invest in the state’s crumbling roads and bridges is...
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...
