11/3/16 – 3:50PM One of the keys to good governance is transparency in government. Open and public records for citizens to freely view is such a cornerstone. Our City Hall has taken actions in delaying and denying public records (in this ...
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SHREVEPORT, La. – The City of Shreveport is continuing to withhold public documents regarding the water under-billing scandal. A public records request was originally sent from Real Shreveport to City Attorney William Bradford Oct. 17 for documents and correspondence related ...
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Shreveport, LA – RealShreveport.com will be adding the world’s largest and oldest news source to its reporting. In an effort to expand our ability to inform the citizens of Shreveport/Bossier, the inclusion of the most trusted newsgathering source is critical ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Gov. John Bel Edwards’ chief budget architect said Friday that he fears Louisiana won’t meet its income forecast this year, heaping new financial problems on a state already facing a $313 million deficit from last ...
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This is an article I never wanted to write. I challenged a sitting Shreveport City Councilwoman, Stephanie Lynch, about matters regarding her actions as an elected official. Her response to that challenge was, in her individual capacity, to publicly attack ...
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The Shreveport Rafters announced on Tuesday that the club will televise a two hour, tape-delayed broadcast of Rafters and Lady Rafters home games each Saturday beginning April 8, 2017 from noon til 2pm throughout the season. Viewers can tune to ...
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Shreveport is a city full of figurative red lights, speed bumps and roadblocks for those of us who choose to live here. This week, Tom Arceneaux, the attorney for the Caddo Parish Commissioners (as well as Shreveport Times Community Editorialist) ...
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Whether its attention he seeks during local flooding, back to school news features, editorials in the Shreveport Times or asking for tax increases from the public, Lamar Goree never misses a chance to get in a press conference or news ...
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Caddo Superintendent Lamar Goree continues to stonewall requests for information concerning his system’s actions regarding notifying parents about the man arrested for allegedly molesting a mentally disabled 15 year old female at Booker T. Washington. As we reported previously, (here) initial ...
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Initial reports of a Minden man arrested on Friday (see here) arrived without much attention until RealShreveport.com exposed that the alleged perpetrator, Cleodis Bell Sr., is currently a teaching employee of Caddo Parish Schools at Booker T. Washington High School. ...
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Updated: Initial media reports from other outlets listed the Minden man arrested as Cleodis Bell Jr, but have now changed that to Cleodis Bell Sr. This report noted that apparent confusion. Original: Sources came forward today to share that other ...
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United States District Judge Honorable S. Maurice Hicks, Jr: I write you today because I was thoroughly impressed at your words during your judgement of the former Caddo Commissioner Michael Williams criminal case. In your ruling, you went out of ...
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Former Caddo Parish Commissioner, Michael Williams, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his wanton theft of $8,584.68 from a non-profit company he controlled called SWAG Nation. Williams now owes $19,684.68 in fines and restitution for the money he ...
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(My thanks to local government-watcher Linda Talbert for her attendance at yesterday’s Caddo Parish Commission “work” session. I very much appreciate her willingness to report to us on such meetings.) Most who are reading this will never be surprised by ...
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The Shreveport Rafters took the I-20 trip to play conference opponent Dallas City FC Saturday evening. The Rafters are full speed ahead wrapping up the first half of the season as they’ve exceeded expectations, but it would be naïve to ...
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