Wednesday, April 20, 2011C'EST BONThe Louisiana Science Education Act, signed into law in 2008 by biology major Gov. Bobby Jindal and derided by supporters of mainstream biology education as a Trojan Horse for creationists, is being targeted by a bill ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011C'EST BON What a difference a year makes.PAS BON And then there's Lafayette's hotel business, which isn't exactly fueling our economic engine.COUILLON OK, we get it: Congressman Jeff Landry, R-City on a Hill, is all about baseball ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2011C'EST BON It was long overdue. When the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced last week it was finally taking over the troubled Lafayette Housing Authority, a pall hanging over our fair city finally began ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011C'EST BON For Louisiana's offshore oil and gas industry, the news just keeps getting better:PAS BON The old inside joke about Louisiana being the armpit of America isn't so funny in the aftermath of a report released last week ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011C'EST BONForget what they say about trial lawyers - they ain't all bad. PAS BONCorporal punishment: the intentional infliction of pain as punishment for misbehavior and/or as a deterrent to bad behavior.COUILLONState Rep. Rickey ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011C'EST BON Louisiana politicians like to spin a good yarn.PAS BON Already the target of a lawsuit by some Whitney Bank shareholders, the planned merger of Mississippi-based Hancock Bank with New Orleans' Whitney - the largest ...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011C'EST BON Dr. Pat Cooper carried an inspiring message of nontraditional education reform to a sold-out crowd recently at the United Way of Acadiana's annual awards banquet.PAS BON State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek ...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 By The Independent Staff C'EST BON Lafayette Housing Authority resident board member Leon Simmons didn't slice off his ear... PAS BON If it's true the FBI always gets its man... COUILLON Note to Glenn Stewart: You'll attract ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 By The Independent Staff C'EST BON We were reminded Saturday night in the Cajundome why UL basketball fans had such high hopes for the Bob Marlin era... PAS BON Leadership at the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce no ...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011C'EST BON Ginger Rabalais, the Youngsville resident who generously allowed use of her property for a temporary bypass road in order to save the city's Heritage Oak, makes a compelling case for this week's c'est bon.PAS BON ...
A budget that counts on private investment could count out completing the Connector any time soon ...
Drago's set to take over the location in August ...
We need to face up to how the “new New Orleans,” so celebrated by the Mayor and the self-anointed civic elite, in fact amounts to a hostile assault on African-American families and the working poor ...
Six candidates vie for permanent job; no timeline released for selection process ...
