There were so many big political stories in 2024 that my initial list ran well past the usual dozen or so items. I considered trying to convince my colleagues that a column on the year’s top 1…

If you want proof that every vote counts, check out the results of the Jefferson Parish School Board’s property tax proposition on Dec. 7. The proposed 10.89-mill tax would have given public s…

It didn’t take long for state Treasurer John Fleming to prove his critics right. After less than a year in office, he’s already off and running for the U.S. Senate against two-term incumbent B…

The old saw that no one is safe in life, liberty or property as long as the Louisiana Legislature is in session was never truer than in Gov. Jeff Landry’s hastily called — and even more franti…