Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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State Rep. Rickey Hardy’s bill to make affiliates of housing authorities subject to the state’s public records law won overwhelming support in the House, which voted 97-0 to strip their exemption from the sunshine law.
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That sinking feeling again.
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It’s a testament to what a raw topic public education in Louisiana has become:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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Kudos to Baton Rouge-area newspaper editor and former state Rep. Woody Jenkins for waging a righteous fight for the public’s right to know. Jenkins spent 28 years representing his Baton Rouge district in the Legislature, but his most important work for democracy is unfolding now in the suburb of Central.
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Lafayette Parish Democratic Executive Committee secretary Mike Stagg caused a stir last week when his YouTube video, “Lafayette Sucker Tax,” started making the rounds.
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The jury is still out on whether waterboarding gleans critical intel from enemy combatants.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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A communal effort to plant a fruit orchard in an underprivileged neighborhood in west Lafayette Parish is something we can all sink our teeth into.
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As hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors alike enjoyed what may very well go down as the best Festival International to date-
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Aspiring City-Parish Councilman Craig Spikes appears eager to join Dumb and Dumber in opposing NGO funding.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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Getting deadbeat parents to catch up with their child support payments will be less of a craps shoot beginning May 20. That’s when the state’s riverboats, racetrack slots and land-based casinos will begin running gambling winners through a state database to see who owes what.
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While we were initially willing to accept that it got lost in the mail or misplaced, we’re beginning to feel like we got played.
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Metairie Republican state Rep. John LaBruzzo’s wingnut bona fides are well established.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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The Louisiana Science Education Act, signed into law in 2008 by biology major Gov. Bobby Jindal and derided by supporters of mainstream biology education as a Trojan Horse for creationists, is being targeted by a bill that would repeal the controversial act.
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Amid the steady stream of positive economic news for Lafayette specifically and Louisiana in general comes a sobering reminder that we’re not immune to the nation’s economic torpor:
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Open letter to Downtown Lafayette Unlimited: Don’t just look out the window, y’all; call a meteorologist. And be patient.
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