BATON ROUGE -- A Senate-passed bill to halt the proposed merger of the New Orleans civil, criminal and juvenile courts by the end of 2014 won swift approval Thursday from the House Judiciary Committee, leaving it one major vote short... »
This is exciting. I love when things really start to come together in Baton Rouge, and in Louisiana in general. I've been saying in passing for a while that Tin Roof needs to start coming out with some seasonals in order to establish themselves as a ... »
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has announced the start of a partnership with Google, making its schedule and route information available on Google Maps. When people are searching for directions or specific locations, New Orleans' transit sy... »
Cullen firefighters seek tax for new station Sales tax would fund new hospital in North Caddo Tax for DeSoto animal shelter on Saturday’s ballot Tax renewals fund Caddo Parish programs Livingston school tax renewal urged Voting on CATS tax dictated by ... »
…though a 79 percent increase in property taxes for the working poor to fund an unaccountable, antiquated, uneconomic and unattractive bus system without any real plan for reforming its operations is an atrocity in itself. The Capital Area Transit Syst... »
Louisiana sheriffs have come up with a clever plan that will ensure they get pay increases automatically on a fairly regular basis. The state Senate has already bought into the idea with a lopsided 36-1 vote. The House is the next stop for Senate Bill ... »
Earlier this morning in our post about today being the day Gov. Jindal’s education reform package would get a vote in the upper chamber of the Louisiana Legislature, we noted that yesterday Sens. Ben Nevers (D-Bogalusa) and Karen Carter Peterson (D-New... »
BATON ROUGE -- A Senate-passed bill to halt the proposed merger of the New Orleans civil, criminal and juvenile courts by the end of 2014 won swift approval Thursday from the House Judiciary Committee, leaving it one major vote short... »
