Louisiana has joined the relatively short list of states with a mobile phone app that’s supposed to let users know if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen received some good news at its first meeting of the new year: Sales tax collections for January through November of 2020 were up 4% over the previous year.
I’m writing this New Year’s column on Christmas Eve. Somehow that feels fitting. After all, Christmas Eve is marked by frightened shepherds and young parents-to-be who were probably a bit trepidatious in their own right.
As a result of the 2019 elections, parish government appeared headed for a fresh start last January. Six of the 12 jurors were new, the biggest turnover in 15 years.
