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The Mississippi River is just part of life here, so much so that perhaps we do not often think much about living on one of the great rivers of the

With one billion-dollar project planned in New Iberia, and another one coming in at more than $600 million in Lake Charles, Louisiana is clearly front and center for big new

The phrase “economic development” conjures up images of smokestacks, factories, railroads and ports — if not the checks written by credulous state and local governments trying to “win” jobs.

By a 6-5 vote, the state’s education board has adopted almost a literal get-out-of-jail-free card for poor educators.

Whether because of regulatory hurdles or difficulties with multibillion-dollar financing — or a combination of the two — some of Louisiana’s proposed export facilities for liquefied natural gas are not