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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
The New LABI.ORG and the Voting Record
LABI used the launch of its new web site this week to release the organization’s voting record for the 2012 session. Anyone can go to the web site (www.labi.org) and see the scores for each member ...
Sep 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Danna is director of public relations and host of the Farm Bureau’s long-running farm news program “This Week in Louisiana Agriculture.” (PHOTO/Submitted)
The President's Column: Farm Bill Rally
With the expiration of the current farm bill quickly approaching, and in the midst of the worst drought in a generation, Farm Bureau members, along with farmers and ranchers from across the nation,...
Sep 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
"Issues" or America? 
There are some very serious issues at stake in this year's election -- so many that some people may not be able to see the forest for the trees. Individual issues are the trees, but the forest is t...
Sep 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Obama's Dreams
After reading Barack Obama's book "Dreams from My Father," it became painfully clear that he has not been searching for the truth, because he assumed from an early age that he had already found the...
Sep 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
The Ides of November
Cheer up folks. In just 60 more days the elections will be over and, for at least a few months, you won’t have to listen to grown men and women call each other Nazis, enemies of the middle class, s...
Sep 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Obama's Dreams
After reading Barack Obama's book "Dreams from My Father," it became painfully clear that he has not been searching for the truth, because he assumed from an early age that he had already found the...
Sep 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A Dahoon Holly is knocked over by Hurricane Isaac’s high wind gusts at the Hammond Research Station. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Isaac’s wind, water cause landscape damage
Hurricane Isaac’s winds and flooding dealt landscapes a major blow across coastal and southeast Louisiana, according to LSU AgCenter horticulturalist Allen Owings. Sustained winds over a three-day ...
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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J.H. Campbell Jr. is President/CEO of Associated Grocers in Baton Rouge. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Honoring the duty and privilege of work
After World War II, American service men and women returned home to their families, friends, neighbors and associates, having witnessed death, destruction, pain and suffering. As a generation (ofte...
Sep 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Risky Business
Insurance is all about risk. Yet neither insurance companies nor their policy-holders can do anything about one of the biggest risks -- namely, interference by politicians, to turn insurance into s...
Aug 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
A Peek Behind the Curtain
It’s campaign season and that means candidates and political parties are picking at each other’s every word. Candidates on the stump occasionally say things that distract from their intended messag...
Aug 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Biofuels, bioprocessing summit set for Sept. 11-12 in Baton Rouge
A conference featuring opportunities in biofuels and bioprocessing in Louisiana has been scheduled for Sept. 11-12 in Baton Rouge. The Louisiana Biofuels and Bioprocessing Summit will bring togethe...
Aug 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
Going for the Gold
The 2012 Summer Olympics recently concluded in London and are now consigned to the annals of history. Yet, the awarding of gold, silver and bronze to the best in anything are laurels we all underst...
Aug 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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