Food Net, a food bank of Catholic Charities of Acadiana, is hosting their 38th Annual KLFY Food for Families food drive. The event will be held at the Jeff Davis Parish Council on Aging for food drop-offs from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, located at 210 South State St.
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— Louisiana's plan to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom is in legal limbo after a federal appeals court upheld a block on the controversial law.
The original version of House Bill 9 included proposals to extend state sales taxes to more than 40 services. That list has been trimmed to the following 19 services, and lawmakers are also considering other options to raise more revenue to offset proposed cuts in income taxes.
(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers took a look this week on how to bolster the state's music industry and keep that revenue in the state.
LAFAYETTE — With the holiday season in full swing, The Salvation Army of Lafayette is imploring community members to consider volunteering, emphasizing that dedicated volunteers truly make a difference in the lives of those in need.
Human beings are naturally inclined to worry. Perhaps it is an evolutionary holdover from more dangerous times, when a lack of vigilance could easily lead to ruin. And even now, there are plenty of things to worry about, as every newscast is quick to remind us. The philosopher George Santayana claimed that one of the tenets of what he called “animal faith” is that there are things in the world that we can eat, and things in the world that can eat us! This is probably why all successful species have developed successful defenses, including effective vigilance, or even hyper-vigilance. But whereas squirrels and other small animals need to be hyper-vigilant, since hawks and cats are effective predators, human beings have created for ourselves a generally safe environment, and unless you are crossing a busy street, or working with potentially dangerous equipment, there probably isn’t much you need to worry about right now. All the major religions tell us to chill out, or in religious language, to trust in God. The natural tendency to worry and be vigilant is adaptive in some environments, but supremely maladaptive in others. Therefore, stop worrying. Your next meal is probably in the refrigerator. You have clothes and a roof over your head, and really, what more do you need?
Early voting for the Dec. 7 General Election begins today at Jeff Davis Parish Registrar of Voters Office, located at 302 North Cutting Ave. in Jennings. The office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 22-30, except of Sunday, Nov.24, Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29.
The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana,a nindependent, non-partisan reviewer, recently released an explanation of the Constitutional Amendment for the upcoming election.
BATON ROUGE — Some tax cuts adopted by the state House of Representatives last week were undone by a Senate committee on Tuesday when it took up major elements of the governor’s tax proposals.
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