Pam Bennett checks to see if an LSU bracelet fits her daughter Kristen Bennett at the Tiger Nation booth in the Prien Lake Mall. (PANKAJ KHADKA / AMERICAN PRESS)
BY JIM BEAM / AMERICAN PRESS
One sure way to get spirited feedback from
talk show hosts and conservative Internet bloggers in Louisiana is to
talk about
the Stelly income tax plan. Just the mention of the plan that in
2002 eliminated state sales taxes on food and utilities in
exchange for higher state income taxes stirs th ...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
Longtime readers of the American Press just might remember the name Yancey Roy, who worked in the sports department in 1989-90 after attending graduate school in Boston. Before that, he spent some time writing news and features for the American Press.
Yancey grew up in Jennings, where his mother st ...
BY JIM BEAM / AMERICAN PRESS
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed $25.5 billion state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 appears to be Take 2 of Act 1,
Scene 1. The governor didn’t fare well in many respects when the current budget was forged last spring. Now, he is coming
back with a repeat performance as a dire ...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
Mark it down on the calendar. Nov. 13.
That’s the first day of 2011 there was Christmas music playing in a local business. The best place for Chinese food had “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on its speakers Sunday night.
For those of you familiar with “A Christmas Story,&r ...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
A year ago I shared this view with you. It’s from the roof of the Hotel Oregon in McMinnville.
Soon it will be too cold and wet to have lunch up there, but we got in one last business lunch to savor the view and hope it holds us through the long rainy season.
Hope you enjoy, and I hope all i ...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
My friends George and Lucy shared this photo with me. I want to share it with you. This tree is in their front yard.
It’s beautiful here. The leaves that aren’t on the ground — and there are a lot of them — are spectacular.
More to come.
BY JIM BEAM / AMERICAN PRESS
Gov. Bobby Jindal appears to be putting together a powerful political administration, the likes of which Louisiana hasn’t seen since the days of the infamous Gov. Huey P. Long. By the time Jindal is finished forging his masterpiece, even former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards may be envious.
No governo ...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
Louisi-Bama Gumbo Bowl To Take Place Before LSU-Alabama Game
BATON ROUGE – Renowned chefs John Folse and Rick Tramonto, in light of the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala,, on April 27, have partnered with longtime friend Bob Baumhower, an Alabama football legend and f ...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
It's Monday, Oct. 24, and the Earth is still here.
My guess is The Weather Channel wouldn't like this guy's batting average.
BY JIM BEAM / AMERICAN PRESS
Ask anyone outside the New Orleans
area if they know state Sen. John Alario, and the odds are you will get a
blank stare. Not so with members of the Louisiana Legislature where the
newly minted Republican from Westwego now becomes a major center of
attention.
Alario desperately wants to become
...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
If you saw my post not that long ago about Rebecca, you know what today's is about. Here is the CaringBridge update from her family:
This will be the last post. Heaven has a new angel, Rebecca Lynne Breeden, as of 7:40am. She is cancer-free, long-brown hair, CURLY!!!
Arrangements:
Friday, October ...
