For someone who spent his career working for a state institution and later serving in the Louisiana Legislature, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has managed to retain an awful lot of faith in state government.

The final score on Saturday’s New Orleans property tax vote was a lopsided 29 percent yes, 71 percent no. Tallied a different way, it was Mayor LaToya Cantrell 1, City Council 0. In a truly strange ...

In music, composers sometimes add interesting, ornamental embellishments to their compositions called grace notes. These often-unassuming grace notes add interest to the music we hear. Flourishes.

On Veterans Day I find myself giving thanks for the grace-filled veterans I have known over the years who have come through military service and risen above what they have ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON — It was a grace note for the ...

Sometime during or soon after Hurricane Katrina, a leak materialized on my thankfully unflooded New Orleans street. Water started bubbling up and pooling at the foot of my neighbor's driveway, and I ...