HATS OFF TO MAYORS WALKER AND PERKINS AND SUNDAY'S MARCHERS

Both Bossier City mayor Lo Walker and Shreveport mayor Adrian Perkins marched Sunday, June 21 in the "2 City Walk for Justice and Equality." Groups marched from Stonewall Baptist Church in Bossier and the Caddo courthouse in Shreveport meeting on the Texas Street bridge.

TAYLOR APPOINTED TO ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DISABILITY AFFAIRS

Shreveport’s Tabatha Taylor has been appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Disability Affairs (GACDA).Taylor is currently the Executive Director of the non-profit Odyssey Foundation.The Odyssey Foundation is a resource for families, health care providers, educators, industry, and...

HATS OFF TO MAYORS WALKER AND PERKINS AND YESTERDAY'S MARCHERS

Both Bossier City mayor Lo Walker and Shreveport mayor Adrian Perkins marched yesterday in the "2 City Walk for Justice and Equality."Groups marched from Stonewall Baptist Church in Bossier and the Caddo courthouse in Shreveport meeting on the Texas Street bridge.Both mayors addressed the group and...

SHREVEPORT COUNCILMAN PROPOSES ORDINANCE REQUIRING DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESSES

Ordinance 71 is on the Shreveport City Council’s agenda for its combined work session/regular meeting Tuesday.This order is on for a first reading.

SHREVEPORT ECONOMIC RECOVERY MOVES FOR 2020

JOHN PERKINS CONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTWhat can Shreveport do to foster economic recovery while we waif for I-49 to be completed in 2038 at the earliest?It’s going to be a couple of decades before that magical fold pooping unicorn called I-49 ICC is finished.

NO SMOKING BAN IMPEDES SALE OF EL DORADO CASINO

In January of this  year it was reported that Shreveport's Eldorado Casino was to be sold to Maverick Gaming LLC. The sale was part of a restructuring to facilitate a merger of Caesar's Entertainment and Eldorado Resorts.

CADDO EARLY VOTING DATES AND GUIDELINES

Open Saturday, June 20 through Saturday, July 4(Closed Sundays, June 21 and June 28)8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. each dayRegistered Democrats and Republicans are eligible for the Presidential Preference Primary. There is a Municipal Election for the town of Greenwood, which all voters are eligible.

RELIEF FOR TIGHT SEATING AT RIVERVIEW THEATRE ON THE WAY?

If anyone sat on the floor at the remodelled Riverview Theatre after if opened last fall, then you know the problem.The seating arrangement left so little space between the rows that getting in and out of the seating was a major problem.So was sitting comfortably if you were over five feet tall.The...

NAMING THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL FOR DR. C.O. SIMPKINS

A recent Shreveport Times letter to the editor suggested renaming the Shreveport Regional Airport for civil rights pioneer Dr. C.O. Simpkins.I knew Dr. Simpkins when he was alive and had learned his history in the civil rights movement here in Shreveport.

HOW HOUSE BILL 697 CHANGES THE SHREVEPORT CADDO METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION

House Bill 697 (HB 697) of the 2020 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature removes Caddo Parish from the jurisdiction of the  Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC).It also takes the parish out of  the 2030 Master Plan.Additionally, it changes the commission's name to the...