As a result of the 2019 elections, parish government appeared headed for a fresh start last January. Six of the 12 jurors were new, the biggest turnover in 15 years.
My father loathed yard work. Which is probably why I love it. But in his defense, the yard of the house where I spend most of my growing up years was awful.
It seems the city of Ruston is breaking with its own tradition. Twice this year, major decisions regarding utilities have been made, and neither decision came during the month of January.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s stubborn, self-defeating refusal to venture an opinion on suggestions to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices is a textbook example of poor decision-making that’s turned what should have been a one-day story into a running narrative that threatens to dominate the campaign discussion three weeks out from Election Day.