Editorial
Stacy Gill is the editor of the Zachary Plainsman-News. (LSN/Image)
Thank you, Zachary!
Many industries award their top performers or employees on an annual basis. Zachary schools work hard to earn the top scores in the state year after year, and for this, they have been named the #1 ...
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obamacare heads toward troubled waters
There is good news and bad news for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The good news is that it is nearing full implementation next January 1. The bad news is that the legislation remains unpo...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gun Bills
By Pamela Mitchell, CAE Executive Director Louisiana Press Association Wednesday, April 17, 2013, should go down in history as the day the Second Amendment trumped the First Amendment i...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Genes and Racism
During decades of watching both collegiate and professional football, I have seen hundreds of touchdowns scored by black players -- but not one extra point kicked by a black player. Is this because...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter to the Editor: HB 527 allows for quality eye care in Louisiana
April 18, 2013 Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to praise the legislative members of the State House Committee for Health and Welfare for passing HB 527 to give greater access t...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Buck Leonards is a farmer in Acadia Parish and Publisher of Louisiana Farm and Ranch Magazine.
La. rice industry deserves better
These are unsettling times in the rice industry and for rice farmers in our state and across the nation.  We are facing a farm bill that will eliminate direct payments next year and make our bottom...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau
Some Unsoliticed Advice on Tax Reform
One positive aspect of being around a long time is seeing lots of folks whack at the piñata of reform with varying degrees of success. I, too, have taken my swings at the paper mâche donkey and occ...
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
'Proportional' Response
Since when has it been considered smart to tell your enemies what your plans are? Yet there on the front page of the April 8th New York Times was a story about how unnamed "American officials" were...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bret Funk is the owner of InfinIT Technology Group in Zachary. His column, Tech Talk, appears exclusively in the Zachary Plainsman-News and online at Zacharytoday.com. (PHOTO/Submitted)
TECH TALK: Is Online Shopping Safe?
Few people can avoid shopping online these days, but many users continue to express concerns about safety. And with good reason: In 2011, approximately $3.4 billion of online revenue loss was due ...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau
The Problems with Taxing Business Services
The Council on State Taxation (COST) just released a study, “What’s Wrong with Taxing Business Services? Adverse Effects from Existing and Proposed Sales Taxation of Business Investment and Service...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bob Hensgens
HB 267 meant to unite, not divide
The first thing I did when I read LHSAA Proposition 18 was take football out of the equation. Why just football? I would have reacted the same way if it were any sport, curricular, or non-curricula...
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau
Higher Business Taxes are Not the Answer
Quite a few eyebrows raised in the business community recently when Governor Jindal’s Executive Counsel, Tim Barfield, responded to a question about winners and losers under the governor’s tax swap...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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