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Constitutional limits are leading to creativity designed to grant tax breaks in a year that restricts them. Legislators agreed to a number of tax breaks last year and flirted with eliminating the state income tax. For the most part, the Louisiana Constitution is standing in the way of renewing those …
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Michael Arnold says, “You know, a lot of people complain about all the roadwork, the delays it causes and all the headaches involved.“But there is one bright side to the mess: It … Continue reading →
Constitutional limits are leading to creativity designed to grant tax breaks in a year that restricts them.Legislators agreed to a number of tax breaks last year and flirted with eliminating the state income … Continue reading →
To air pollution warnings, the heat index, wind chill factor and terrorism threat advisories, could we add the National Anger Gauge?We could allocate a few seconds to the NAG on the 6 o’clock news.Continue reading →
Caretakers of a hairy critter northeast of Pittsburgh claim we will have winter this year.Their prediction would mean six weeks and three days of winter in Louisiana.Continue reading →
Last month, our 11-year-old son finished the year in the 15th century, plodding the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus in search of fame and fortune. As part of a class project, our fifth-grader was required to make a model … Continue reading →
It’s rare when so many folks who weren’t born here nor raised on the unbounded pleasures of bountiful hunting and fishing in Louisiana will commit themselves to saving our state.That rare instance … Continue reading →
Have you ever thought about calling someone, then your telephone rang and the person you planned to call was on the other end of the line? Well, something like that occasionally happens to me.Just the other … Continue reading →
As the weatherman at WIIC-TV, later changed to WPXI-TV, in Pittsburgh, I received criticism for “counting” the sunless days.