Should Ellerbe area be annexed?

Shreveport and Caddo Parish are going through very trying times as elections approach.  Word comes through talk radio that Ellerbe area residents are getting wrestles and beating the drums of secession again.  There is talk of de-annexing and forming a new incorporated town outside of Shreveport.

The Tiffany Strong Scholarship Foundation will giveaway ANOTHER $12,000 to local Bossier Parish High School Graduating Seniors this May !

The Tiffany Strong Scholarship Foundation is giving away another $12,000 in the form of 12 -$1,000 College Scholarships to 12 deserving Bossier Parish High SchoolSeniors who are graduating May of 2022 and attending a Louisiana college or technical school in the Fall of 2022.

DID SHREVEPORT CITY ATTORNEY HAVE CONFLICT WITH BAKOWKSI BRIDGE VOTE/CEA?

Goodness, good-government advocates have suddenly awoken from the holiday siesta.

GRADING OUT PAYMENTS TO LOCAL AGENCIES FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE

Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:00amThe Caddo Commission contracted with five local nonprofit organizations to process applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP).

Should MPC have parish appointed board members including a rural resident?

As of Jan. 1 of this year, Caddo Parish property is no longer subject to the jurisdiction of the Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC).

Commissioner Jackson gets his hat Handed to him along with an explanation

Caddo Commissioner Steven Jackson seems to relish controversy, most of which he generates himself.

Should new council member Jackson stay on Tourist Convention Bureau Board?

Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins nominated now-council member Alan D. Jackson to the Shreveport-Bossier Tourist and Convention Board after Matt Snyder resigned.Jackson was confirmed by the Shreveport City Council at its Nov. 19, 2021, meeting.The Tourist Bureau was not advised of Jackson's...

The nuts and bolts on Shreveport's guaranteed income program

By JOHN E. SETTLE JR The city of Shreveport has launched, in the sense of taking applications, its version of the Mayors Guaranteed Income program (MGI), which has been dubbed the Shreveport Universal Basic Income Program).Shreveport received a $500,000 grant from MGI, a network of mayors that was...

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS -- I MEAN, WORKERS -- GONE ?

JOHN E. SETTLE JR. EDITOR FOCUS SB NEWSPractically everyone over the age of (fill in the blank) is familiar with Pete Seeger's modern folkstyle song, "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?""Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?“Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?“Where have all...

SETTLE FILES LITIGATION TO DETERMINE LEGAL STATUS OF SHREVEPORT CADDO MPC

The Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission was established by ordinances of the Shreveport City Council and the Caddo Police Jury (now Caddo Commission) as provided for by state statute.House Bill 697 of the 2020 Legislature, sponsored by House of Representatives member Danny McCormick,...