“Transgender persons wishing to undergo the gender reassignment process frequently face heterosexist employer health insurance policies that label the surgery as cosmetic or medically unnecessary and therefore uncovered.” - Sandra Fluke, in a 2011 arti... »
As you might have already read, Louisiana College is suing the Obama administration over the mandate that religious employers provide free “abortifacients, sterilization, and contraception ” through Obamacare. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (... »
Louisiana has some 105,000 employees on the state payroll, with base salaries totaling $4.6 billion, and once benefits, retirement expenses, and other state supplements are included, the total comes to $8 billion. (See: "Louisiana state employee salar... »
Ann Lowery, who is the one that possibly works for the City of Alexandria and also has a full time job as the director of CLASS, has a $48,000 plus tax lien (almost 49K). There is also a $34K tax lien against "Charles E Johnson" of 909 West Pointe in A... »
Periodically, we are treated to stories like this one in today’s issue of The Advocate about green job growth. While it’s not a bad piece, it’s the things typically left unwritten in articles about the so-called green economy that sticks in my craw. Gr... »
Rumor on the street, which is unproven and I do not know if it is true, has it that Alexandria City Councilman Jerry Jones has a City of Alexandria paid for cell phone, still has an Incubator, his former employer, e-mail account that he uses, and still... »
A recent audit of the City of Monroe "revealed the city's bottom line also uncovered some disturbing lapses in financial controls, particularly with regard to the use of city-provided cellphones by employees". (See: "Cut cellphone expenses"). "In the a... »
Money from the city of Alexandria's surplus potentially could be used to fund utility rebates, but city officials say decisions about any rebates should wait until related legal matters are settled. »
