Across Louisiana, small businesses, from digital marketing firms to short-term rental hosts, are working to grow in an economy where national brands often dominate online attention. For many of these homegrown companies, success depends not on massive budgets, but on access to digital tools that help them reach the right customers efficiently. That reality was […]
Letter criticizes price controls
05/05/2026 by
Dear Editor: After reading the recent Breitbart article about the Most Favored Nation Policy, I’m reminded of one constant: Government control in markets never works. When European countries enacted similar policies in the 1980s, their invention rates plummeted as America overtook them by the early 1990s. Why? The United States’ attractive policies toward innovation and […]
Support CLARITY Act: Digital accounts should be regulated like community banks
05/01/2026 by
To the Editor: I live in rural Louisiana. My bank isn’t a skyscraper — it’s a building on the main square that knows my name. And right now, Washington is quietly making decisions that could put that bank, and hundreds like it across this state, in serious trouble. Here’s the basic issue. Congress recently passed […]
Protecting the Discoveries That Will Define the Future of Cancer Care
04/27/2026 by
Every April 26, World Intellectual Property Day reminds us that behind every world‑changing medical breakthrough is an idea worth protecting. For those of us on the front lines of cancer care, few issues are more consequential than strong intellectual property (IP) protections. The therapies transforming cancer from a diagnosis of despair into one of hope […]
Riley: No layoffs, no matter how long it takes to adopt General Fund Budget
07/07/2025 by
“We will adopt the General Fund Budget in its entirety or not at all.” – Mayor Tim Riley That was my position on June 16 when offering a “statement on General Fund negotiation” which had been nonexistent up to that time. It is still my position, one week before we hope to adopt the same […]
Gonzales’ former Interim Mayor explains Liberty Fence check signing process
06/17/2025 by
Editor, Pelican Post Online; Your website has chosen to repeatedly reprint a Facebook post written by the former City of Gonzales Chief Administrative Officer, Scott Byrd, which clearly implies illegality regarding checks written to Liberty Fence during the short term that I was interim Mayor of the City of Gonzales. Both the Pelican Post and Mr. Byrd […]
All you ever wanted to know about Louisiana elections…and more from Ascension’s Registrar
10/13/2023 by
Registrar of Voters Shanie Bourg has taken the time to answer every question she has been asked during the current election cycle. In fact, Bourg has anticipated questions which voters may harbor about the process in an information packed piece, sort of a technical manual on how Louisiana elections are conducted. If any remain, she […]
What does it cost to hire Meyer Engineering for a splash pad in AP? $49,900, logarithmically speaking
10/11/2023 by
NOTE: This piece was first published on June 21, 2019> If we learned nothing else at Thursday’s Council meeting, it was determined how much it cost to engineer a splash pad in Ascension Parish. If you’re part of the taxpaying public… $49,900 That’s a different question than; what’s it cost to be given the no-bid […]
Orgeron censured for “disrespectful behavior” to public
10/22/2021 by
Thursday’s meeting of Ascension’s Council saw an agenda item added by unanimous vote to publicly censure Councilman Corey Orgeron who absented himself from the proceedings rather than face the music and take his medicine. The public censure, a response to Orgeron’s disgraceful actions at Monday’s EA Drainage meeting, comes as little surprise. What took so […]
Lawler explains proposed EA Drainage “compromise” with the Parish President
07/19/2021 by
Councilman Aaron Lawler, the architect of a vote to remove President Clint Cointment from East Ascension Drainage District operations, took to social media recently to explain his motives. Included with the explanation was the following: What do I see for the future? I am personally working on a compromise with the PP, along with others […]
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