by Editorial Staff | Jul 7, 2023 | Youngsville
On Friday, June 30, 2023, counsel for both the City of Youngsville and Chief of Police Rickey Boudreaux presented their arguments to the court. This comes months after the March 30, 2023, special meeting wherein the Council for the City of Youngsville introduced a...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 20, 2023 | Livingston
Voters have short memories! But it wasn’t that long ago that the Livingston Parish School System sought to pass a perpetual sale tax which would have increased their total sales tax revenue by 225% when compared to 2011. Despite questionable activities on the part of...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 17, 2023 | St. Martin
“Back the blue” is a phrase that broadly means to support law enforcement officers (LEOs). While peace officer is a much better term to describe traditional constitutional policing, it has been supplanted with LEO, a term which to some degree has a different meaning....
by Editorial Staff | Jun 8, 2023 | Youngsville
There are many phrases which refer to “law” in different respects. For instance, most of us are familiar with Murphy’s law – “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” The “law of Karma”, a notion that all of life is governed by cause and effect and that your deeds...
by Editorial Staff | May 27, 2023 | Lafayette, Louisiana
Have you ever stumbled upon an unexpected transaction posted to your bank account? Most likely it was in the form of a debit. Perhaps it’s a subscription you forgot to cancel or just a transaction from a vendor name you didn’t recognize. But what about an...