November 2023

Honoring our Heroes

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Events across Jeff Davis Parish have been planned in honor of our local heroes, who have served this nation with unwavering commitment and sacrifice.

Metal Mastery

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Recreational Blacksmith Dave Schwellinger demonstrates how to shape metal using his portable forge. Emphasizing the critical role air plays in the process, he deftly cranks the handle that stokes the fire and intensifies the heat. He then begins to shape the metal into a cooking utensil using an anvil and a hammer. With each strike, the red-hot metal takes on a new form, slowly bringing Schwellinger’s vision to life.

PAR report released

The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR), an independent, non-partisan reviewer, recently released an explanation of the four Constitutional Amendments (CA) for the upcoming election.

Eva Cormier

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Published in Jennings Daily News November 8, 2023

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Johnson, others signal support for bipartisan deficit commission despite opposition

(The Center Square) – House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wants to get a bipartisan debt commission immediately.

Recovery meetings to begin tonight

ELTON — AA Recovery meetings will now be offered at the Beulah Davis Center, located at 1321 Yoakum St. in Elton. The first meeting will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 7. For more information, contact Elton Town Hall at 337-584-2992.

Legislative task force to examine Louisiana's disaster response protocols

(The Center Square) – Efforts to better coordinate and improve Louisiana's resilience to storms and other natural disasters commenced on Monday with a new legislative task force.

Louisiana voters will decide on four constitutional amendments on Nov. 14

(The Center Square) — Louisiana voters will decide on a series of constitutional amendments on Nov. 14 dealing with vetoed bills, inactive special funds, taxes and the state’s Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund.

Despite push, U.S. appears no closer to securing ‘humanitarian pause’ in Gaza

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — More than a week after starting to publicly push for “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza, the Biden administration had little to show for its efforts as Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended a grueling Middle East tour on Monday and President Joe Biden made an apparently fruitless personal appeal to his Israeli counterpart. Nearly a month into the war, the difficulty of securing even limited relief in the spiraling conflict spotlighted the challenges facing Biden and his administration as they seek to manage what is emerging as one of the defining foreign policy crises of his presidency.