Editorial

Discussing a mainstream immigration policy

The Trump administration has now stopped the separation policy regarding illegal border crossers. But it plans to continue prosecuting illegal border crossers and, when those crossers bring children illegally into the United States, will “detain families together” according to an administration court filing in California.

That will not satisfy the critics. But if a new poll is correct, it appears the Trump administration has ended up squarely on the side of the majority of American voters.

JDN Back to School guide on its way

It might be hard to believe but a new school year is just over a month away — Aug. 10, to be exact. With that in mind, Jennings Daily News

Do you care about what matters?

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Do we spend so much of our lives worrying about how others spend theirs that we forget to live ours? Do we spend so much of our lives figuring out

Patriotism is patriotism

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Aday after celebrating Independence Day and here I am a tad worse for wear. Sunburned from spending the day in the pool. Trying to burn off the calories for what

Semmes is the right man for the job

Mayor Henry Guinn made the right choice when appointing Danny Semmes to the top position in the Jennings Police Department.

Semmes has been serving as an interim chief since late 2017 but has for years been a leader within the department as a detective and deputy chief under Todd D’Albor, as well as a mentor to younger officers.

Our pens are mightier than their swords

I’M JUST SAYIN’

“Smith, 34.”

Those two items caught my eye as I scrolled through the New York Times piece that detailed the lives of the five victims murdered in the Capital Gazette newsroom.

You see, I am “Smith, 34” in a way. I am a Smith. I am 34 years old. I work at a newspaper, in the newsroom. I wasn’t really the Smith 34 in question, though. Rebecca Smith, 34, was. She was hired as a sales assistant by the Gazette in November.

“Was.” Past tense.

When a gunman stormed that newsroom Thursday, he took down Smith and four of her colleagues.

Will Trump waste chance to build wall?

Building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border was Donald Trump’s premier campaign promise, and he is running out of chances to keep it.

Trump has been president for nearly a year and a half, and has not yet won anywhere near the funding needed to build the wall along the 1,000 or so miles of border that he pledged to voters. Now, there have been two Republican immigration bills in the House, each calling for around $25 billion for the wall, and Trump has blown them both off, saying he’d rather try again after November’s midterm elections.

Everyone deserves seat at table

Last week there was a billboard put up somewhere in West Texas urging liberals to leave the state, as Texas didn’t want them there. Earlier this week a Virginia restaurant

Early learning irrelevant in Louisiana

Legislators were high-fiving this week over the balancing of the state budget by increasing the already highest sales tax in the nation. Fully funding the TOPS tuition program for college

Take it easy — be a good loser

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Iused to take part in a weekly ultimate frisbee game, which my friend Jeffery worked hard to get started in high school. It was a good time and I wanted