Central City News

The Central Community Alliance has elected a new chairman of the board, Dr. David Walker.  He will take office at its Jan. 19 meeting at DEMCO. Harry Rauls will continue to serve as vice chairman, Betsy Hooper as secretary/treasurer, and Lee Rome as assistant secretary/treasurer. Other directors are Angela Summerville, Joan Lansing, and Wayne Messina. […]

Citizens of Louisiana, Two hundred thirteen years ago today, on January 11, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson directed Robert Livingston and James Monroe to enter into a treaty with France to purchase the Louisiana Territory. What followed was the largest territorial gain in the United States’ history. New American land from fifteen present-day states and two […]

On January 11, 2016 an icon of Baton Rouge and Parkview Baptist passed into glory.  If you were blessed during your high school years to be influenced by a special teacher or coach who you will never forget, then you know a little about what Boots Garland meant to us here at Parkview.  From 1984 […]

Louisi-ana voters will go to the polls on Saturday, March 5 in the state’s Presidential Primary.  Fourteen Republican candidatess will appear on the ballot including the top two candidates — Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Democratic voters will choose between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.  You must be a member of a political party in […]

On paper, the Speaker of the Louisiana House has enormous power.  Unlike Congress, where seniority is important in choosing not only committee chairmen but the members of each committee, Louisiana does not have a seniority system at all.  As a result, under House Rules, the Speaker appoints every single House committee chairman.  Not only that.  He […]

Republicans in the Louisiana House did something Monday that hasn’t been done in nearly 100 years.  They elected a Speaker of the House who was not handpicked in advance by the governor. This rare expression of legislative independence came after the election of a Democratic governor in a state where 61 of the 105 members of […]