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No pardon for partisan hypocrisy

Quick, grab the smelling salts and clear the fainting couches. President Trump’s pardon of conservative author Dinesh D’Souza last week violently triggered Beltway media elites.

Why tax dollars for the Saints?

The Times Picayune reported that the New Orleans Saints may ask the state to pay for a $350 million upgrade to the Superdome before the 2024 Super bowl.

Opelousas man’s body recovered

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are investigating a single vessel fatality in St. Martin Parish on June 7. Agents recovered the body of Robert L. Julien Jr., 46, of Opelousas, from the water near the Butte La Rose boat launch near Interstate 10 about 5:30 p.m.

‘Dead Zone’ forecast to exceed the size of Connecticut

Scientists have predicted the dead zone, or area with little to no oxygen in the northern Gulf of Mexico, will become larger than the state of Connecticut by the end of July. The dead zone will cover about 6,620 square miles of the bottom of the continental shelf off Louisiana and Texas.

Did you know? St. Landry Parish has an Elderly Abuse Section

June 15 is World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day; our senior citizens should not live a life of abuse. Just like our Special Needs Section, the Elderly Abuse Section is dear to my heart.

Edwards still pitching for half-penny tax

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday outlined cuts to higher education, criminal justice and assistance to needy families in a budget passed by the Legislature and made a pitch for renewing a half-penny of sales taxes to avert most of them.

Maple Avenue overlay falls to veto pen

Number one on Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto list was a $1.7 million overlay project for Maple Avenue, La. 91, in Eunice. The vetoes were announced Wednesday. State Rep. Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, pointed to partisan politics for the governor’s veto.

School Board divided on repair

If a tax proposition had passed in March, Port Barre High School was destined to get a new building. But the tax failed and the St. Landry Parish School Board has about $3 million left from a $10 million bond issue generated by existing revenue, which makes every thousand dollars count dearly.

Budget is on city agenda

The city’s next budget and amending its present budget are on the agenda for the Eunice Board of Aldermen’s meeting Tuesday. Hearings on the budgets are scheduled at 6:15 p.m. in the second floor meeting room to be followed by the regular meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Courthouse security to change

The tight budget bucks surfaced at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting as a security change at the courthouse was approved. Parish President Bill Fontenot said Sheriff Bobby Guidroz discovered his office needed additional funding for providing security at the courthouse and the courthouse annex.