After years of legislative inaction, one lawmaker is calling for common sense Mardi Gras reform, including high-capacity bead throwing restrictions and parade throw loophole closures.
After the fifth indictment tied to the previous administration, City-Parish unveils the “Baton Rouge Oversight of Official Misconduct & Ethics” (BROOME) Initiative, a structured program designed to bring organization to an increasingly familiar pattern.
Louisiana finally finds budget stability, immediately places it under investigation. Fourteen committees now studying whether calm financial conditions pose a threat to long-standing traditions.
Council on Aging leaders say tax revenue is simply more predictable than relying on your grandmother’s will. Voters are encouraged to choose stability over inheritance uncertainty at the ballot box.
Central leaders have now spent three weeks debating a comma in an audit report, proving once again that punctuation may be the city’s most controversial infrastructure issue.
LSU students can now refinance their Starbucks parking tickets into a long-term loan, because nothing says higher education like 20 years of interest on a latte run.
The state wants everyone to relax about Pecue. It is not wrong. It just feels wrong. Very professionally and efficiently wrong.
The auditor allegedly advised council members to concentrate any future theft inside the library system, noting its $140 million reserve “won’t even notice” a few strategic withdrawals.
