THE LATEST
Will the Saints extend Michael Thomas?
The star receiver is due for an extension that would make him the highest-paid receiver in the league. Will the Saints give it to him?
ELECTIONS AND POLITICS
Rispone: Insider Background Contradicts Outsider Claims
(Editor's Note: With qualifying for the 2019 state elections commencing in two weeks, we've received numerous requests to republish this Rispone backgrounder,...
BRIEFLY SPEAKING PODCAST
PODCAST: Meet the Candidate- Dr. Brian Salvatore (HD-05)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/69cko5Ozt7c9gQYPdNUVq0?si=Rx2zH_3ORPymAEJN4VksWw
WRECKED: HOW CAR INSURANCE TAKES LOUISIANA FOR A RIDE
Deployment Penalty: How Big Auto Insurers Hike Premiums on Returning Vets
In what amounts to a deployment penalty, several large Louisiana car insurers raise rates, in some cases by nearly 30%, on National Guard...
Insurance Commissioner Donelon Accepts $20K from Man Indicted for Attempting to...
Since 2015, Donelon has received more than $680,000 in campaign donations from insurance companies and agents.
Major Insurers Charge Louisiana’s Blue-Collar Workers More for Basic Coverage Than...
The research highlights a problem that impacts a significant proportion of Louisiana drivers, yet one that was apparently unknown to Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon.
The Task Farce: What a Missing Report Reveals About the Insurance...
On April 15th, when state Rep. Kirk Talbot first introduced HB 372, a now-defeated proposal that had been known as the...
ARTS AND CULTURE
Briefly Shopping: The Bayou Brief’s Badass Gifts and Rare Collectibles
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our merchandise page, Briefly Shopping, which will continually carry...
EDUCATION
OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY
Five years ago, Edward Lee “Eddie” Rispone of Baton Rouge and current Republican candidate for Louisiana governor published his first and only book, a biography largely informed by the conversations he had with his daughter’s grandfather-in-law, Dr. Louis Antonio Balart, Sr., also known by his nickname,...
Yesterday, “America’s weatherman,” Al Roker, provided some unsolicited advice to the good people of New Orleans: If he lived here, he would “make plans now” to evacuate. It’s a good idea to be prepared to evacuate any time you find yourself located within a potential hurricane’s...
News analysis by Peter Athas of the newspaper war between The Advocate and Times-Picayune.
THE CAPITOL BRIEF by Sue Lincoln
The Most Premeditated of Murders
“I don’t know what Bible they’re readin’, but that’s not what my Bible says.” – Michelle Perkins
The Pessimism and Optimism of Conservatism
"If our costs spike because of an economic downturn, we've got to find the money to pay for it." -- Conrad Appel
Up in Arms About Firearms
“This is protecting small businesses from big financial institutions that make social policies that are discriminatory." -- Rep. Blake Miguez
Some Lawmakers Lacking In the Spirit of the Season
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.” – Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865
Oh Robeline, Why Can’t I Drive Through?
“As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a coup de ville.
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road,
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford….
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh…”
– Chuck Berry, “Maybellene”
From A(ppropriations) to F(inance), with REC In-Between
"I look forward to working with the Legislature to approve a responsible budget." - Gov. John Bel Edwards
ENVIRONMENT
Saga of St. Rosalie: The Deal of 4/5 of the Century
hinky: adjective. A word which means questionable, unreliable, suspect. It refers to something which is not quite right, something out of place, causing concern.
The Saga of St. Rosalie: A None-Too-Rosy Past
"There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location." -- Lord Harold Samuel, British real estate tycoon
After a Pipeline Ravaged His Farm, Rep. Ralph Abraham Sued Big Oil
Yet as a candidate for governor, Abraham has criticized those who seek to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for environmental damages.
REGIONAL
SAINTS
