Columns & Opinions

A narrative can be defined as a particular way of explaining or understanding things. It is a type of shorthand communication used to simplify and clarify that which is complex and opaque. Narratives are commonplace in the investing world. Investing is hard work – why not take a short cut here or there? Narratives are just that: short cuts. Consumers of narratives use them as substitutes for their own research and critical thinking. The more widely-disseminated the narrative, the more believable it becomes.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBS) members, policyholders and interested parties need to pay special attention to current happenings. The Louisiana Department of Insurance is conducting hearings in Baton Rouge on Feb. 14 and 15 to receive evidence and testimony regarding the proposed reorganization of BCBS from a mutual insurance company to a stock insurance company.

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The fiscal year has closed on a few of the sales and use tax jurisdictions in Northwest Louisiana. All report an increase from 2022. A mid-fiscal year paragraph below will address the Caddo and Bossier Parish school boards in that their fiscal years cover the time period from July 1 to June 30 on a yearly basis.

Shortly after I moved back to Shreveport, in 2017, I had a client ask me to try and get him into CADA (Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse).

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DDA Director Dunn sets bad example for downtown property owners

Bossier City and Bossier Parish citizens have been insulated from the facts of the “consciously shocking” actions of Bossier City Council (the Council) and Metropolitan Planning Commission (the MPC) that resulted in a costly judgment from the U.L. Coleman lawsuit. Because the judgement of this case was sealed for inconspicuous reasons, court actions and certain elected and appointed officials were protected.