Louisiana Voice
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Tom Aswell, a native of Ruston, has lived in the Baton Rouge area for 30 years and for 10 of those years, ran Capitol News Service, covering state government for about 40 weekly and small daily newspapers throughout the state. Louisiana Voice blog was created to provide the citizens of Louisiana an inside look at how your legislators and other elected officials carry on the state's..
Louisiana Voice
2d ago
Editor’s note: This is an unusually long post but it illustrates the length to which some will go to undermine the First Amendment. Proponents of censorship claim they only want to remove “objectionable material” from libraries but where is the line to be drawn? Who determines objectionability? Who gets to dictate some vague moral code ..read more
Louisiana Voice
4d ago
Have you ever noticed how one seemingly isolated incident seems to spawn a rash of similar such incidents? Take, for instance, the recent series of mechanical failures and mishaps involving Boeing aircraft. Suddenly, it’s almost impossible to turn on the evening news without hearing of yet another plane being diverted because of some issue with ..read more
Louisiana Voice
1w ago
State Rep. Kellee Hennessy Dickerson of Livingston Parish, a former TV news personality who surely knows the value of good photo-op PR, poses with a group of students from Live Oak Middle School on the floor of the Louisiana House. Was it a coincidence that she is wearing an orange prison jumpsuit to remind librarians ..read more
Louisiana Voice
1w ago
The aforementioned allegations, and others, were investigated and each found to have no basis in fact. But the investigations were conducted internally. In other words, the administration of LSUS investigated itself before Chancellor Robert T. Smith fired off a letter to Salvatore last November informing the 21-year chemistry and physics professor that he was recommending ..read more
Louisiana Voice
1w ago
Unless Jeff Landry and family stand at full attention at home when the National Anthem is played on TV during a sporting event, he should keep his mouth shut about a team’s remaining in the locker room in last-minute preperations for a game. Just sayin ..read more
Louisiana Voice
1w ago
From the rumor mill: Early word is Kim Mulkey is already fed up with our new governor and is seeking the exit door. Might she next pop up in Fayetteville or Knoxville? Could Jeff Landry’s grandstanding over the National Anthem be the straw that might break the camel’s back. Stay tuned ..read more
Louisiana Voice
3w ago
I suppose you could say it’s official: State Rep. Kelee Hennessy Dickerson, who represents House District 64, which comprises part of Livingston Parish, is an official member of the bedbug crazy MAGAmites. The freshman legislator has introduced three bills which appear to put her on the same moral equivalence level as one Marjorie Taylor Greene ..read more
Louisiana Voice
4M ago
I know, I know, I’m supposed to be retired from this blog after almost 13 years – and I am – but I’m still writing other projects and I just wanted to let you know that I have another book out now. It’s a follow-up to Louisiana’s Rogue Sheriffs: A Culture of Corruption. I decided ..read more
Louisiana Voice
4M ago
Obviously, lying about your job history, education and athletic prowess, theft, using campaign funds for personal expenses, including casino visits, Botox treatments and porn surfing give one unchallenged qualification to serve in the US House of Representatives. That is, if you go by the vote of 114 members of the House who voted No on ..read more
Louisiana Voice
5M ago
Bring Back Democracy Posted by Mark Zaborowski CLAY HIGGINS (R-LA) MAY BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN DONALD TRUMP There are some similarities between the two politicians. Yes, Higgins is a down home Southern boy and Trump is an East Coast elitist. But they are both salesmen who love the spotlight and would-be hard asses who get off ..read more