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2 school board members are re-elected, 4 newcomers also win election

Two challenged incumbents won re-election to the Washington Parish School Board Tuesday. Incumbents Keith Giles of District 1 and Scott . . .

Free elections stop rise of dictators

As I write this, November 3rd elections are just days away. The results may be far more important than most . . .

Julia Letlow is elected to U.S. Senate in very close election

Julia Letlow has represented Washington Parish and other Louisiana parishes in Congress for the past six years. Beginning in January . . .

Justices of the Peace and Constables are elected/re-elected

Justices of the Peace and Constables were elected and/or re-elected in Tuesday's election. (Some Washington Parish Justices of the Peace . . .

2 new judges elected; Division G is headed for a run-off election

Two new judges were elected on Tuesday for the 22nd Judicial District, which serves Washington and St. Tammany parishes. In . . .

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Opinion on the mid terms
By CHIP WILLIAMS
Wed,11/04/26-2:40PM , 79 Reads 2,029 Statewide
Alan Simpson, the U.S Senator from Wyoming who died in 2025, once remarked: “I couldn’t have gotten into Harvard if I had picked the lock.”
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Much ado about nothing
By JAY WIENER
Wed,11/04/26-2:44PM , 80 Reads 2,019 Statewide
Please applaud local, independent journalism: Centralization is nefarious. Problems become particularly pernicious when dissemination of information is implicated.
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$500 power bills for empty house
By BRYAN DAVIS
Wed,11/04/26-2:48PM , 145 Reads 2,798 Statewide
A year ago, my family made the difficult decision to leave our home in the Mississippi Delta to take advantage of a great job opportunity in Kansas.
We put our home in Indianola on the market, and by Christmas, the house was empty and we had completely relocated from Sunflower County to the Sunflower State.
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Trump’s reformation proclamation
By JONATHAN KETTLER
Wed,11/04/26-2:52PM , 148 Reads 2,981 Statewide
This week marked the Midterm Elections in the United States, a time when Americans exercise their right to vote and try not to put their trust in princes. Election Day is a time-honored tradition, similar to other important days on the civic calendar.
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