By U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy The Social Security Trust Fund is going broke in nine years. When it does, there will be a 23% cut in benefits for every current and future retiree. About 10,000 Baby Boomers become eligible for benefits every day. When Social Security began, the average lifespan was 62; now it is …

This week’s episode of the LaPolitics Report podcast (Spotify/Apple) features Gov. Jeff Landry, who focuses most of his interview on this year’s proposed constitutional convention. Landry offered his take on the Senate’s perceived opposition to the enabling legislation, noting, “I don’t know that they’re not on my side.”  When asked if he would be willing to bend …

On March 20, 1839, the village of Shreve Town was incorporated as the town of Shreveport. The Shreve Town Company established the community three years earlier, seeking to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas. The …

Here’s what you may have missed in the latest issue of LaPolitics Weekly, published last week… – CONSOLIDATING POWER: Gov. Jeff Landry organized a show of strength for his Friday press conference, rolling in with more than a dozen political heavyweights. While critics fear his drive for unchecked authority, supporters say his political stroke brings …