Columns
Jim Bradshaw: Big vision required big money
In the late 1800s newcomers from the American Midwest and Germans settling around Roberts Cove discovered that the South Louisiana prairies were ideal for growing rice — if they could get enough wa
Jim Brown: Don't expect quick relief on insurance rates
Louisiana legislators are ringing their hands over the increasing cost of property insurance.
Jeremy Alford and David Jacobs: Officials await DOTD makeover report
With the blessing of the Landry Administration, the Louisiana Coalition to Fix Our Roads, an industry trade group, engaged Boston Consulting Group this summer to come up with a reorganization plan
Jim Bradshaw: Daughter saved father in steamboat disaster
A heroic daughter and a bale of cotton saved her father’s life when the steamboat Lessie Taylor sank just after leaving the busy St. Landry port at Washington on Feb. 3, 1878.
