Firefighters from St. Tammany Fire District 1 will participate in Baskin Robbin’s “31 Cent Scoop Night,” this evening from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. The Baskin Robbins promotion is being held at participating locations nationwide in honor of America’s firefighters.

Helena Moreno, leading candidate for State Representative District 93, today earned the endorsements of an impressive list of area legislators including 13 State Representatives and four State Senators.

Fire District One Chief Larry Hess said a recent study shows that his department has done a lot to decrease spending, certain unfunded mandates are forcing FD1 to look at other sources of revenue.

Visitors to www.RandySmith.la will notice a new addition to the website since yesterday: The first of several video advertisements for Smith’s campaign for Slidell Police Chief has been posted on the home page.

Funny how state lawmakers can take a slam-dunk-easy concept and make it hard.
An effort to deny state employees retirement benefits while in prison was rejected by the Louisiana House of Representatives because it might be unfair to those convicted of crimes related to their employment, presumably even if they stole from taxpayers.
The fractured logic of the 56 who voted against House Bill 224 on Monday included the argument that a member of a private retirement system doesn’t have that constraint.
Since when did …