GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM FOR SHREVEPORT - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

The Shreveport City Council is set to pass  a resolution at its Tues. Sept 28 meeting authorizing Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a  Shreveport Guaranteed Income Pilot Program.

Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana recognized in Top 10 for Skills to Succeed Challenge

During the first quarter of 2021, in the midst of the COVID pandemic, Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana (GINLA) competed with other Goodwill Industries offices from across the county in the Skills to Succeed Academy Challenge.

BROADMOOR RESIDENTS DEBATE FATE OF VACANT ARTHUR CIRCLE PROPERTY

BILL ROBERTSONContributing ColumnistA capacity crowd in Shreveport’s Broadmoor neighborhood Tuesday heard details of a proposed service center to fight absenteeism among grade-school children in the vacant Arthur Circle Elementary School campus.The proposal by Caddo Parish School Board member...

FINALLY, THE BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL AND WADE RICH GET ON THE SAME PAGE

Goodness, it was quite a journey for Wade Rich to finally get confirmed by the Bossier City Council as the city's Director of Public Works at the meeting on Tues.

WHAT’S AHEAD FOR SHREVEPORT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN REMAINDER OF CURRENT TERMS?

JOHN E. SETTLE JR.Editor The current terms of the Shreveport mayor and city council end in December of next year. Qualifying for the 2022 fall races will be in June, with the primary in October and any runoff elections in November.

LOCAL GAMING REVENUES DECLINE IN AUGUST FROM JULY OF THIS YEAR  

Revenues of Louisiana casinos, video gaming and racino numbers have been on an up-and-down roller coaster all year.The best month of the year was April with total revenues exceeding $320 million.In August the combined revenues of all casinos, video gaming and racino numbers were $214.8 million as...

BOSSIER CITY ATTORNEY JACOBS THREATENS SETTLE WITH ZAMBONI

JOHN E. SETTLE Jr. “There’s going to be a time when I will run over that son of a bitch with a Zamboni.”This is a direct quote from Bossier City attorney Charles Jacobs at the Bossier City council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7, on an open mike during the meeting.

TRUANCY CENTER/LOWER PROPERTY VALUES OR HIGH END DEVELOPMENT/INCREASED TAX BASE FOR ARTHUR CIRCLE SCHOOL? 

Arthur Circle School Elementary School was closed by the Caddo Parish School Board in 2020. The school was built in 1955 and additions were added in 1967 and 2003. The property comprises 12.7 acres.

To build or to stay: What’s next for the State Building?

LIZ SWAINE Executive DirectorSHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPEMENT In 2012, the state of Louisiana hired a company named Jones Lang LaSalle to research the answer to a question that was becoming more and more important: What was the feasibility of consolidating state office buildings in Shreveport into...

DEVELOPMENT PLAN OFFERED FOR VACANT ARTHUR CIRCLE PROPERTY

Truancy Center Also on the Table Thursday, 16 September 2021, Shreveport Possible use of the vacant Arthur Circle Elementary School campus for a truancy center will be discussed at the September 21 meeting the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association of Shreveport.