Jim Bradshaw: Priest prayed during early Indian encounter
Fri, 11/30/2018 - 9:54am
Just 15 years before the Civil War, much of southwest Louisiana was still a sparsely settled and semi-wild place.
Columns
Louisiana Politics: Legislative turnover could affect half of La.'s parishes
Wed, 11/28/2018 - 2:30pm
By the spring of 2019, voters residing in 44 percent of Louisiana’s parishes will have participated in a special legislative election, and the statistic could swell before the ongoing term of the L
Commentary: Pipeline will help make U.S. less dependent on foreign oil
Wed, 11/28/2018 - 2:26pm
Thanks to technology, innovation, and deregulation, the American energy sector is thriving.
Louisiana Spotlight: Teacher pay grabs focus in La.'s political scene
Mon, 11/26/2018 - 11:55am
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s public school teachers could benefit from next year’s statewide election and the state’s improved financial outlook, as widespread support seems to be coalescing around a
Jim Bradshaw: If we have Elks and Moose, why not an Order of Crawfish?
Mon, 11/26/2018 - 10:56am
Elks and Moose and Owls and Lambs all had fraternal orders in south Louisiana in earlier times, but a critter that has become iconic in these parts had none.