An overview of the hottest issues to keep tabs on during this year's regular session.By Jeremy Alford The 2012 regular session, which will be unleashed on the public March 12 like a political Kraken, is brimming with new personalities. Last year's election ...
While Gov. Bobby Jindal might be casting a large net for his education reform package, it has so far failed to snare anything related to school discipline. By Jeremy Alford If you believe the polling, the public isn't sweating school discipline issues ...
The most explosive accusation from last year's race for lieutenant governor is still smoldering.By Jeremy Alford It was supposed to be the email that rocked Louisiana's political landscape. It was supposed to help sway a major election. But instead it ...
January 4, 2012LeadershiftAs a new year dawns on our political landscape, local influence over the Legislature seems precarious at best, especially compared to Lafayette's headier days. By Jeremy Alford Photos by Robin May It wouldn't be fair ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011From elite hunting camps to brokering deals over rods and reels, Louisiana's great outdoors mean big money.By Jeremy AlfordPhotos by Lisa Buser, from the book Wild AbundanceSome camps are simply soaked in lore, yielding memories ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 But do the governor and Legislature have the courage to fix our state pension system? As I enter my last term as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, I still cling to the belief that one person can make a difference ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011The race for lieutenant governor is the nastiest around - and A portal into THE steamy three-way fight for the heart of the state GOP. By Jeremy Alford Sexual harassment, extramarital affairs, drug use and prostitutes. In the ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011By Jeremy AlfordPhotos by Daniel LandryRookie Congressman Jeff Landry of New Iberia found a home in the Tea Party and an alliance with Sen. David Vitter. But is either a path to re-election? Wednesday, August 24, 2011 By Jeremy ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011By Jeremy AlfordInsiders fear the new cost of doing business is squeezing out smaller independents. Wednesday, July 27, 2011 By Jeremy Alford Insiders fear the new cost of doing business is squeezing out smaller independents. Although ...
The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is in the process of developing a system to determine which commercial fishermen will be allowed to harvest oysters from one of Louisiana's last naturally-occurring reefs. The state Department of Wildlife ...
A budget that counts on private investment could count out completing the Connector any time soon ...
Drago's set to take over the location in August ...
We need to face up to how the “new New Orleans,” so celebrated by the Mayor and the self-anointed civic elite, in fact amounts to a hostile assault on African-American families and the working poor ...
Six candidates vie for permanent job; no timeline released for selection process ...
