Qualifying for the race to replace 5th District Congressman Ralph Abraham isn’t until July, but the campaigns are heating up in a real way. The district, which covers the northeastern parts of the state around the Monroe region as well as central Louisiana from Alexandria through the Florida…

One historic session of the Louisiana Legislature down, one to go — and historic for more than one reason.

As America slowly emerges from this pandemic nightmare and the sleeping giant of the economic world regains its strength, we are all asking what does the future hold?

In the fight against the spread of Covid-19, a big dividing line in our country today is whether to wear a face mask or not. It also seems to have political connotations.

I feel terribly sorry for the hundred thousand Americans who’ve lost their lives to the coronavirus.

If you are one of those Louisianians who has wished for years for the state Legislature to exhibit some independence from the governor, your wish has come true.

From the COVID-19 outbreak and the dip in oil prices to climbing unemployment figures and uncertainty around every corner, this is no time to maintain the status quo in state government. Our elected officials need to be on the lookout for future threats, new strategic alliances and fresh sou…

It’s a legally dubious effort which will draw a bipartisan blind eye allowing a traditional kicking of the can down the road in Louisiana budgeting.

John and his wife have found the house of their dreams. It has the size they are looking for, and it’s in the right neighborhood with a great school district. It meets all the requirements they started out looking for in a new home and the $250,000 price is within their budget.

During his 20 years in the U.S. Senate, Jeff Sessions was a solid conservative who was right on issues such as stopping illegal immigration. He was the first U.S. Senator to endorse Donald Trump for President and was rewarded with one of the most coveted appointments in the new administratio…

The coronavirus epidemic has raised a troubling apprehension in Louisiana and in many other states across the country. There seems to be a devaluation of older citizens. I’m in that number of older folks, and there appears to be ample evidence that older citizens are often the victims of an …

The Louisiana Association of Business & Industry won a big one this week.

When Republicans failed to deliver for the American people and lost their majority in the United States House of Representatives in 2018, a true poison was unleashed on the nation. For a second time, Nancy Pelosi became U.S. Speaker of the House and in her latest stint in this position she h…

The end of the regular session, a conclusion slated for less than two weeks from now, will in no way, shape or form close the door on legislative politics for this calendar year. In fact, there’s more (much more) politics to come, and rather soon.

Who could have ever imagined that our lives would so dramatically change by a virus that just a few months ago was dismissed by our leaders as a minor problem that really would not affect our lives that much. A little social distancing and we will all be back to normal in no time. How wrong …

Hardly a day goes by that an authority figure somewhere doesn’t assert that the decision to re-open the U.S. economy must be based strictly on the facts. Over and over again we hear this argument from governors across the nation even though they are leaving out a critically important element…

Someone once said that the only sure thing in life is DEATH AND TAXES!

As expected, the panel that forecasts how much money state government is expected to collect in taxes and fees over the next year disclosed Monday that Louisiana lawmakers must find about $1 billion to prop up the state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Declaring what all the data had indicated two weeks ago and what then seemed obvious to all objective observers except those under his authority, Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards let more of his people go.

Lawmakers and the administration know a heck of a lot more right now about the budget and the financial impact brought about by COVID-19 than they did just a week ago. But that doesn’t mean the inhabitants of the Capitol’s first floor (where the House and Senate work) and its fourth floor (w…