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Last 50 Posts

• ‘Louisiana’s Rogue Sheriffs’ generating interest: Engster Show, book signing this week, LA Book Festival Nov. 2

• Board of Medical Examiners misleads (lies to) Baton Rouge doctor in effort to deny compliance with public records laws

• Origins of Epstein, Hoffenberg, Ponzi Schemes, Trump date back to Ruston weekly Morning Paper publisher John Hays

• LSA posts video, to host training conference after release of ‘Louisiana’s Rogue Sheriffs: A Culture of Corruption’ book

• Louisiana sheriffs can be poor losers when they lose at the polls but Alabama owns franchise rights to vindictiveness

• Retired State Budget Director says ‘Louisiana’s Rogue Sheriffs’ book is ‘a powerful and telling examination’

• New Aswell book, Louisiana’s Rogue Sheriffs: A Culture of Corruption, set for July 1 release. Pre-order your copy now

• You Might be a Trumpster: Volume II

• No headline needed

• With a nod to Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a Redneck, here is the LouisianaVoice’s ‘You Might be a Trumpster’

• Retired Ruston pathologist Dr. Johnny Armstrong’s first novel is a delightful, enlightening and entertaining read

• Jindal’s appointment to corporate board member last September appears to be more than mere coincidence

• Did governor’s office intervene in decision to fire LSU Lab School principals? LouisianaVoice Inquiries get no answers

• We’re supposed to be old and retired when we die. John Burch was young and torn from our midst far too soon

• Any plan to pardon American war criminals would dishonor the memory of ‘Nam hero Hugh Thompson and his gunners

• Flack over conflict of interest in award of $10 million flood recovery oversight contract isn’t HGA’s first ethics rodeo

• Rep. Alan Seabaugh offers clarification of committee vote on HB 346; gist of story on switched House vote doesn’t change

• State dentistry board continues its runaway abuse of power against Slidell dentist, aided by Office of Inspector General

• House committee unanimously approves police/fire civil service bill but 7 of 9 members defect in full House vote

• LouisianaVoice has an email address change: louisianavoice@outlook.com

• Ethics Commission has $1 million in uncollected fines still on the books; looks other way on power broker violations

• Trump vows no socialism but plans socialist bailouts for farmers hurt by tariffs as lawmakers reap farm subsidies

• Southern University hit with fines, fees in decision over grievance committee’s illegal executive session March 18

• LABI loses battle over local control of tax exemptions! But don’t blame Baton Rouge Business Report; it did its part

• Controversy over firing of Southern University professors isn’t the first rodeo for Executive Vice President Ammons

• The Avengers Endgame provides inspiration for sequel to deal with annoying TV lawyer & medicine ads, robo calls

• Ouachita asst. district attorney, brother of 4th JDC judge, suspended by Supreme Court for mishandling clients’ funds

• HUD announces waiver of duplication of benefits for flood victims: scammers immediately start telephone campaign

• Emails from two OLOL execs attack Baton Rouge Business Report article—full day before story’s April 24 publication

• Minimum wage, equal pay for women on legislative calendar: it’s past time for lawmakers to show integrity and pass both

• New Orleans businessman says with smart infrastructure reforms, Louisiana can overcome its poor business image

• Guest columnist explains why he will no longer bash POTUS and why he hopes the campaign will be on issues—not Trump

• PSC member Foster Campbell tilts at windmills in trying to rein in robo-calls. We’re skeptical but yearn for his success

• City Club of Baton Rouge removes microphone from Gov. Edwards, gives to a GOP group meeting in adjacent room

• Trump/Republican push-poll mailed out to area residents in guise of official census questionnaire; solicits contributions

• St. Landry Sheriff Guidroz says evidence of drug buys against deputy on take was obtained from search of wife’s cellphone

• St. Landry Parish sheriff’s deputy fired for being on take of local drug dealer; no word yet of filing of criminal charges

• Court ruling instructs Southern University attorneys that school is a public body subject to LA. open meetings laws

• Republicans on House Education Committee vote as bloc to send MFP back to BESE, blocking funding for local districts

• Dentistry Board member pens bold letter to “keep pressure on” state senators to allow him to retain his seat on board

• Will Wade reinstated! All is well at LSU (don’t tell Hatfield, van Heerden, Lombardi, Townsend, Cerise, Schaffer, et al)

• Monroe dentist has board appointment pulled after back-room deals and anonymous email on behalf of incumbent

• Surgery—any surgery—is a serious subject but the folks at The BR NeuroMedical Center are professional and caring

• John Kennedy, who slobbers over Trump, calls Biden ‘creepy old man’ for propensity to hug, not grab women by genitals

• Southeastern Conference to implement high school athletic draft as means to overcome epidemic of recruiting scandals

• Jindal stunner: announces bid for a third term as governor, says enough time has passed for voters to forget his record

• Dept. of Corrections continues to flaunt accreditation despite ethically-challenged connections to accrediting organization

• It’s an election year so be careful to listen carefully to how polling questions are phrased to elicit favorable responses

• As the industry grows weaker, community, school papers die & Louisiana’s newspaper presses are down to a mere handful

• March fundraiser in final week and we haven’t reach our goal