Louisiane du Nord - North Louisiana

04/09/2025

I am just as tired of seeing Morris Bart, as I am of the Geico gecko!

The only side I will be picking— is the people’s side— for they have given too much of their money to be taken advantage of yet again.

04/09/2025

What a difference a year makes. At this time last year, there was a level of optimism around the state like we have never seen, at least not in my lifetime. We had a newly elected governor, state senate and house of representatives who appeared to be ready to rock-and -roll on conservative reforms t...

04/09/2025

We are four days removed from Louisiana’s surprising election results last Saturday. Voters roundly rejected all four state constitutional amendments on the ballot—most notably, Amendment #2. Amendment #2 was the crown jewel of Governor Jeff Landry’s tax reform agenda. Landry, his political al...

04/02/2025

As our Louisiana readers have surely heard by now, Saturday’s election results were a disaster for Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana’s Republican-majority legislature. All four of the constitutional amendments passed by the legislature in November and put before the voters over the weekend went dow...

03/06/2025

As if City of Monroe Schools didn’t have enough problems, apparent thievery at the top now seems to be complemented by mismanagement at the bottom–all while the district remains burdened with minimal, if not deteriorating, academic progress. Over the past year, the District has been rocked by al...

03/06/2025

(The Center Square) – According to a report, Louisiana's effective property tax rates ranked 39th highest nationally and better than neighboring states.

01/19/2025

Voters have given Trump and his allies an opportunity to disrupt Washington’s status quo. For their sake, they better not blow it.

01/18/2025

Louisiana has a problem, and it’s been a problem for generations. We all know about the “Good Ole Boy” network—a system where power stays in the hands of the well-connected, and favors are traded behind closed doors.

(Originally posted as “Breaking the Good Ole Boy Network: Restoring Accountability and Transparency in Louisiana Politics” in Citizens for a New Louisiana) Louisiana has a problem, and it’s been a problem for generations. We all know about the “Good Ole Boy” network—a system where power ...

01/16/2025

"For years, Democrats have been trying to cash in on the politics of grievance, micro-sorting voters into groups based on race, gender identity, sexual preference, and the like. And in flashing neon lights, voters in November told liberals they weren’t having any more of it."

Doubling down on grievance politics is a gift to Republicans.

01/06/2025

Nine states, all with Republican-controlled legislatures, cut their income tax rates effective January 1: Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, and West Virginia. All nine saw their 2024 U-Haul growth ranking either increase or stay the same compared to 2023.

Republicans should celebrate the state tax-cut revolution and the federal tax policy that has encouraged it.

01/06/2025

The tragedy on Bourbon Street is going to reignite talk about turning that street into a permanent pedestrian ...

12/10/2024

Yesterday, we had a story about John Fleming jumping into the 2026 Senate race with Bill Cassidy – and included in that was a quote from a Cassidy spokesman which wasn’t very nice to Fleming… “I thought he wanted to be State Treasurer? John Fleming wants to get out of Louisiana. He publicly ...