In New Orleans, they've unveiled a Superdome renovation that, all told, has cost more than $336 million dollars. Part of the renovation was about making the Superdome a better home for the Saints because the facility is getting up there in years.

Editorial provided by The Daily World (Opelousas)

Improve teachers, improve public schools

Our survey of readers, educators and parents asked respondents to rank 18 tools for improving public education. In many ways, the toughest among those tools was the one that we ranked second: removing bad teachers. It's the most blunt and hard-nosed, and yet one of the most necessary.

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Monday July 25, 2011

Have we made higher ed stronger?

Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco made her first public appearance Saturday since being diagnosed with eye cancer. Speaking at the state Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Baton Rouge, she urged her fellow Democrats to "stop the carnage" — namely the recent cuts in education funding, particularly higher education funding.

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A ruling in favor of fairness

The monks at St. Joseph Abbey near Covington were able to persuade a federal judge that Louisianians ought to be able to buy the cypress caskets they started making in 2007.

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Thursday July 21, 2011

Enjoy the wealth bequeathed to us

The modern Louisiana economy collided with the very, very old Louisiana economy in an interesting way recently, along the slightly oily coast near Caminada Headland. Maybe it says something about Louisiana's future economy, too.

Editorial provided by The Daily World (Opelousas)

Tuesday July 19, 2011

Feds' rules weigh down U.S. economy

Our federal government is at it again. Seemingly heedless of the economic hardship many families and businesses are facing, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation are moving toward a drastic increase in the fuel efficiency standards.

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Louisiana Lawmakers need to get serious on the budget

I admit that I was anticipating the Edwin Edwards post-prison, post-halfway house tour as much as any political junkie.

Editorial provided by The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

Friday July 15, 2011

Just don't blame 'both sides' for the debt crisis

Washington has many lazy habits, and one of the worst is a reflexive tendency to see equivalence where none exists. Hence the nonsense, being peddled by politicians and commentators who should know better, that "both sides" are equally at fault in the deadlocked talks over the debt ceiling.

Editorial provided by The Daily World (Opelousas)

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