EXPO HALL HISTORY--FROM A NEEDED CITY FACILITY TO ALBATROSS?

Expo Hall is located on the Shreveport riverfront, at the southwest corner of Clyde Fant Parkway and Fannin Street, across from Sam's Town. It was  Shreveport's main building for hosting large events until the Shreveport Convention Center opened in 2006.

SABO STREAMLINING SHREVEPORT'S SLOW, SILLY ALCOHOL PERMIT PROCESS

Ever tried to get a special events permit to allow alcoholic beverages?Ever tried to pull a permit to sell beer and wine and /or hard liquor?Ever tried to just renew an existing permit to sell beer and wine and/or hard liquor?

CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON'S GRAND PLANS FOR SHREVEPORT FACE AT LEAST TWO MORE HURDLES

The Louisiana Legislature's special tax session trimmed the sails, to some degree, of the Louisiana film and tax credits.

WAS IRS TAX LIEN FILED AGAINST PROLEC GE THE SAME PROLEC WITH RECENT BIG EXPANSION ANNOUNCEMENT?

On Tuesday of last week, Prolec GE celebrated the completion of a $34 million capacity expansion project to its 500,000-square-foot manufacturing project at its Caddo Parish facility. A third production line has been added to manufacture three-phase, pad-mount electrical transformers.

WITH FILM TAX CREDIT SAVED CURTIS JACKSON HAS NO MORE EXCUSES

Now that the Louisiana Legislature's Special Tax Session has adjourned, the fate of many tax matters has been somewhat resolved.

IS IT TIME TO BLOW UP THE SHREVEPORT MPC AND START OVER?

On July 20,2017, I published in the Shreveport Times an op-ed titled "Why the Shreveport-Caddo MPC should be Dissolved". A copy of this editorial is at the bottom of this article.

SHREVEPORT TO PAY BIG BUCKS FOR TEMPORARY SPD LOCATIONS

The Shreveport City Council has mandated that the Shreveport Police Department at 1234 Texas Avenue be relocated into temporary locations pending the construction of three police substations and a remodeled headquarters building.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER THANKSGIVING MEALS IN CADDO PARISH

Volunteers are needed to help spread the warmth this Thanksgiving in Caddo Parish.State Representative Steven Jackson, (D) District 2, along with Mount Canaan Church, need more drivers to deliver meals to the homebound on Thanksgiving.

BOSSIER CITY RAISES—MONTGOMERY’S HAIL MARY

By: David Crockett • Contributing ColumnistThe Bossier City Council is in the process of re-drafting its 2025 budget, which includes long-overdue pay raises for city staff.

WILL CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON EVER DO ANY FILM PRODUCTION IN SHREVEPORT?

The air is out of the big balloon on the economic impact of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson coming to Shreveport. The lease of the Millennium Studios is now entering into its eleventh month.