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Building bridges for kids to value wildlife

Children love learning, and it’s undeniable that great ideas and principles shared at a young age can impact the path of a child for a lifetime. A coloring book I had as a child about America’s national parks instilled a desire to visit all of our country’s parks – a goal still in process – and was the seed for a commitment to keeping wild things wild.

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Central Parkway bodes well, if you follow it

Three years and one month ago, Ruston’s Board of Aldermen adopted a plan for controlled growth along the U.S. 167 corridor.

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Few issues settled at Legislature session midpoint

Louisiana lawmakers reach the halfway mark of their nine-week regular session this week, working on a budget flush with cash, struggling to gain traction for a tax overhaul and facing a debate calendar packed with controversial issues.

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A baby on the way changes everything

The secret is finally out. Or at least, it is to my friends and family, plus acquaintances on social media.

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Do the Vegas books favor Liz Cheney?

On paper, it appears to be the kind of lopsided contest that even the Vegas bookies won’t take any action on — Representative Liz Cheney, a 54-year-old, two-term Congresswoman from Wyoming, versus ex-president Donald Trump, a 74-yearold one-term billionaire president from Florida by way of Queens.

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Defunding the police not the answer

Calls have been made by those with socialist tendencies to defund the police. If this happens, how will peace and order be maintained? How will the laws that were begot by citizens of our nation and states be enforced?

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Graduation rules seem as muddy as a Louisiana river

When Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that he was lifting the mask mandate in the state of Louisiana, you could almost hear a resounding sigh of relief all across Louisiana.