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Districts should pay teacher bonuses

Rolfe McCollister

Districts should pay teacher bonuses

The state is in a budget crunch, so local school districts are going to have to take care of paying for their certified teachers. That's causing districts to cry like children, even though they're sitting on massive surpluses.


Politician logic

JR Ball

Politician logic

The ability of so-called political leaders to morph their logic to fit any scenario would be humorous if the power wielded by these knuckleheads and the impact of their actions on the rest of us were not so great.


Drawing the line on voters

John Maginnis

Drawing the line on voters

The state is in a budget crunch, so local school districts are going to have to take care of paying for their certified teachers. That's causing districts to cry like children, even though they're sitting on massive surpluses.


Mom entrepreneurs on rise

Maggie H. Richardson

Mom entrepreneurs on rise

To her substantial network of e-mail subscribers, Facebook fans and Twitter followers, soapmaker Elizabeth Hill recently announced her latest product: a red-beans-and-rice massage bar meant to soothe the skin with all-natural ingredients.


Saints leave paper trail

Stephanie Riegel

Saints leave paper trail

Daily newspapers might be on the decline but don’t count them out yet. As the New Orleans Saints’ season and Super Bowl victory prove, when there’s historic news there’s still a demand for a real, hard, paper copy of the hometown daily.


The state of residential

Tom Cook

The state of residential

Now that 2009 is over, let’s compare the residential market in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area from 2008 to 2009.


Poll

Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposes that college teams graduating fewer than 40% of their student-athletes should be banned from postseason play. Is this a good idea?

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