Raises possible for sheriffs, some parish presidents By: John Maginnis and
Jeremy Alford
The pay raise proposals winding through the Legislature for clerks of court, assessors and judges could potentially increase the salaries of sheriffs and certai...
The Ides of May Three weeks are left in the 2013 regular session of the Legislature, and much water is left to run under the legislative bridge before sine die adjournment on June 6. The biggest issue left to reso...
Wimps versus barbarians An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4th to discuss demands by student activists for the college to divest itself of its investments in ...
Lies about Libya There can be honest differences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week’s testimony under oath about events in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, makes pain...
Pay raises on probable path to victory this session By: John Maginnis and Jeremy Alford
Proposed salary bumps for assessors, clerks and judges are all positioned to move forward in the remaining three weeks of the regular session. Together they cou...
Bouncing ball politics If you are driving along and suddenly see a big red rubber ball come bouncing out into the street, you might want to put your foot on the brake pedal, because a small child may well come running ou...
One more time In this column on March 27, I stated that the top goal of LABI for 2013 was as follows: “Tax increases on businesses and investments in a slow economy are a recipe for disaster. In order to maximiz...
Lawsuits against state government mounting By: John Maginnis and Jeremy Alford
Considering all the lawsuits that have been filed and those that are anticipated, the court system is putting Gov. Bobby Jindal and his administration on the de...
The art of the impossible Someone called politics “the art of the possible.” But, in the era of the modern welfare state, politics is largely the art of the impossible.
Those people morbid enough to keep track of politician...
Cash cash Years ago in an earlier life, I was general manager of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce when oil and gas were totally the king and queen of the state’s economy. Needless to say, the Lafaye...
Discounts offered to farmers Thanks to a membership value program partnership between Case IH, the American Farm Bureau Federation and American Farm Bureau, Inc., Farm Bureau members in Louisiana can now take advantage of farm...
Reef fund remains hot issue By: John Maginnis
and Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics.com
A committee hearing that was scheduled Monday for a bill to place the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state constitution was temporaril...
