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Is America going PC crazy?
Thank God we still live in the “land of the free and the home of the brave” and our free speech is still protected...
BREC’s Liberty Lagoon brings in plenty of paying customers
Liberty Lagoon offers a cool retreat from Louisiana’s hot summer months with a lazy river, a vortex pool, three slides and a water playground....
LSU donor support during fiscal year 2014-15 reaches record of $193M
Donors to LSU gave $193 million during the fiscal year that wrapped up on June 30, setting a new record and blowing away the...
I-49 South has been in the works for decades. But the $3 billion project...
The signs are still there, strung along U.S. 90 in Lafayette, hinting at an impending interstate that will someday connect the Hub City to...
Medicaid provides health services for 30% of Louisianans, has helped close racial divide among...
As the 50th anniversary of Medicaid’s creation is remembered today, an analysis released by the Louisiana Budget Project says the federal program provides essential...
Senate race opens up House seats for Baton Rouge area politicos
With state Reps. Regina Barrow and Dalton Honoré, both Democrats representing the Baton Rouge area, eyeing Senate District 15—Senate President Pro Tem Sharon Weston...
LSU president tells national audience ‘higher education must change’
LSU President F. King Alexander is calling for fundamental change in the nation’s higher education system. In a national forum this morning sponsored by...
EPA officials headed to Baton Rouge next week to discuss options for bike share...
Environmental Protection Agency staff and experts will be in Baton Rouge next week to discuss options for creating a bike share program here.
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Are Louisiana students using their TOPS scholarships wisely? For most of them, yes
Thousands of college-bound students in Louisiana benefit from TOPS, the generous financial aid program that covers tuition at any state public university for Louisiana...
Should Baton Rouge ban smoking in local bars and casinos, like New Orleans?
New Orleans passed a law this year to ban smoking in local bars and casinos, prompting debate in other Louisiana cities as to whether...
Stephanie Riegel: It’s time to stop ignoring our shortcomings
Earlier this summer, Amedisys confirmed it will open a “satellite office” in either Nashville or New Orleans that will house the majority of the...
Bob Mirabito came to the Capital Area Transit System two years ago as an...
(Photo by Collin Richie: Bob Mirabito of the Capital Area Transit System)
Bob Mirabito was planning to pack up his family and leave Baton Rouge...
Another St. George conspiracy theory?
One of the more interesting subtexts of the St. George saga came earlier this month in the final days of the petition certification process,...
News alert: Lawmakers OK SAVE act, paving the way for a budget deal
After a highly emotional debate, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed by a vote of 59-43 the controversial SAVE program needed to avoid vetoes...
Publisher: Time to examine our priorities
American culture has changed much in this century—and not always for the better. Just look at the global media coverage of and public attention...
The Louisiana budget fight reaches a crescendo in the final days of the session
(AP photo by Melinda Deslatte; From left to right: Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego; Senate Finance Committee Chairman Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville; Rep. Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa;...
Four of the Louisiana Inspector General’s highest profile cases are now being called into...
(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street)
As part of the 2008 state ethics overhaul, the Louisiana Office of the Inspector General was...
Stephanie Riegel: Does the East Baton Rouge Parish Library really need a new south...
When the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Board of Control asked voters for a tax increase in 2005, among the promises it made to...
Should award amounts for the TOPS scholarship program be capped?
As has any other state-funded program this legislative session, the popular Louisiana college scholarship program known as TOPS has become a target for lawmakers...
Did Livingston Parish politics take down businessman and whistleblower Corey Delahoussaye?
(Photo by Collin Richie: Corey Delahoussaye)
In 1997, Corey delaHoussaye started C-Del, a consulting firm specializing in securing permits, identifying wetlands, researching titles and negotiating...
