Editorials
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Survey shows work to do
If we look around at the familiar, happy faces we all know, we don’t see a problem.
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A step forward on Morganza
The U.S. Senate moved the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection project forward this week when it approved the Water Resources Development Act.
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Cheers and Jeers -- May 18, 2013
Cheers -- Work that paid off
Jeers -- Unequal pay
Cheers -- A place of their own
Jeers -- Urgent public need? -
Get ready for storm season
The 2013 storm season is just two weeks away.
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Looking forward to a good season
Shrimp season opened Monday morning, and there are two ways of looking at it.
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Numbers aren’t the whole story
A recent ranking of parishes on the basis of health and well-being poses an interesting set of points for discussion and future planning, but the numbers, of course, tell only part of the tale.
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Heavy rains are a timely warning
The images were frightening and all too real.
Letters to the editor
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Budget plan is an improvement
The national recession forced Louisiana to reduce the size of government over the past five years — and that’s a good thing. However, more than once in the budgeting process, we have spent more than we have coming in. When we use our...
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Leadership or coverup?
As we gagged through Mr. O’s first term, something was obviously missing. Now, as we gag through term two, it is still missing. Leadership will never surface with Mr. O. He does not have a clue as to what that quality entails. We, as a nation,...
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Federal action has consequences
Stymied for years by a tight federal budget, Congress is poised to pass a new water resources development bill with money for favored projects and, for the first time, some odd provisions as well.
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Clarifying source of information
The May 13 letter titled “Routine exam is not a catch-all” raised awareness about the need for pulse-oximetry screenings — a simple, inexpensive and noninvasive test that can easily diagnose previously undetected heart defects.
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Time for a wake-up call
Louisiana ranks 47th for student achievement.
This is an improvement. We used to be 49th. But parents and teachers agree that our public schools can do more — a lot more — to serve all students. -
Can we really afford the cost?
How can the Terrebonne Parish School Board justify sending members with taxpayer money (that they are short on) to the 2013 National School Board Association’s Southern Region Conference in Destin, Fla., from July 7-10?
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Routine exam is not a catch-all
Contrary to beliefs, not all babies who are born with congenital heart disease are born blue.
