If the congressional redistricting plan approved by the Louisiana Legislature in January survives a current court challenge, Lincoln Parish will be in a new district, one that for the time being is represented by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
I registered to vote on the day I turned 18. It was important to choose one of the two major political parties, my father said, because there are some elections in which only Democrats or Republicans can vote.
Sometimes the system works exactly like it’s supposed to. Take the recent case of a Ruston developer who wanted to build townhouses at the corner of Rhody Drive and East Kentucky Avenue.
You’ve got to hand it to the city of Ruston. When it thinks it’s right, it isn’t going to let anybody stand in its way of trying to prove it, not even judges.