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We can make a better plan

On April 25, 2024, the Wall Street Journal reported that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the birth rate in America is estimated as of 2023, to be 1.62 children per woman. A birth rate averaging 2.1 children over a woman’s lifetime is necessary to maintain a population at a stable level.

Letter To Editor

SB 234 is Bad for BusinessBy Jay Batt, Finance Chairman of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, former New Orleans City Councilman In my life as a public servant, an active member of the Republican State Central Committee and a business owner from New Orleans, cultivating and...

Speed trap?

As one comment on Facebook put it, “Yes, we need ambulance service, but do we need this?” And the great majority of those commenting on Facebook seemed to think not.

Stepping out on magic

A couple of weeks ago, Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, the Catahoula Parish School Board met to reaffirm its commitment to irrelevance and magical thinking.

An eclipse of another sort

The centerpiece of the Police Jury meeting, Monday, April 8, 2024, was an annual appropriation of $30,000 dedicated to drug abuse abatement resulting from a major class action lawsuit settlement.

Preparing for the road ahead

People in Catahoula Parish know something about illegal drugs. Probably most know something about one church or another. We have a lot of churches. Many are not really very large.