Columns & Opinions

I love my dear home of Louisiana and am often proud of it, but never more so than this past week as Governor Jeff Landry, Attorney General Liz Murrill and Louisiana Superintendent of Education, Cade Brumley, announced that the new Biden Title IX rules are unconstitutional, an overreach of federal law and dangerous for biological females. The rule change formalizes the Biden Department of Education’s redefinition of the meaning of “sex” to include “gender identity.”

The six major sales and use tax jurisdictions all saw a downturn in their receipts for April 2024, i.e., sales that took place during March. Two Bossier agencies had a double digit % loss. Following are the stats for the six.

Several weeks ago, I wrote a column about dyslexia and the fact that it is very often misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all, especially in poor and minority students. I also wrote about Louisiana Key Academy in Shreveport, and how it was bringing hope to the education landscape in Shreveport.

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Jackson has signed a lease for the facility formerly known as Millennium Studios. He is now awaiting approval by the Shreveport City Council of a lease of Expo Hall. Both leases provide substantial savings to the city for upkeep and maintenance and insurance. And both leases promise substantial activity in downtown Shreveport.

I have learned and observed much in my 23 years as a financial advisor, on both the brokerage and investment advisory sides of the fence. There have been major industry changes: evolution from trading to asset management to holistic planning, increased regulatory oversight, product innovations, etc. One thing that has not changed is the key role of the advisor-client relationship.

I witnessed a miracle in Shreveport last week in the parking lot of Summer Grove Baptist Church off Jewella. You know, the church inside of the old South Park Mall. I’m serving as president of the board of directors for Basic Necessities (BasicNecessitiesLA.com), a 501(c)3 Diaper Bank founded by Shreveporter Pam Rowell along with two amazing friends, Debbie and Ilsa, a couple of years ago. Pam retired recently but Basic Necessities is still operating in the Highland Center (HighlandCenter.org).

For me, Shreveport is a city of Southern charm and culture, with a population of approximately 185,000 residents perched on the banks of the Red River. I am one of the people who believes that Shreveport’s best days are still yet to come, and that its potential is immense. But beneath its historic facades and pot holed streets, the city grapples with the pressing need for infrastructural rejuvenation and economic revitalization.