Quitman News

District staff members for U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, will hold satellite office hours in November to assist residents with casework matters.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, on Friday issued the following remarks to congratulate Louisiana Tech University for breaking ground on its technology research park: "I would like to congratulate Louisiana Tech for breaking ground yesterday on the construction of the Enterprise Campus," said Alexander.

State Sen. Robert Kostelka's plain talk about holding tight to this region's congressional seat may cause some folks to bristle.

A lion's share of the nearly $300 million in federal stimulus funds earmarked for Louisiana transportation infrastructure will go to major projects in need of funding instead of repairs to the existing highway system.

David Hitchcock looked across the vacant former Guide Corp. plant floor and saw the future.

Sometimes it is simply impossible to improve on another writer's words and such was the case when I read Associated Press Baton Rouge correspondent Melinda Deslatte's opening lines of her recent column "Jindal looks to bolster state appeal." She begins with a characterization of the Governor's recent schedule as both a "reemergence on the national ...

News and views from the Louisiana Capitol Sunday, August 16, 2009 TOP OF THE NEWS More doom and gloom in state budget Smackdown in Alexandria Two-year or four-year colleges? AROUND THE CAPITOL Forewarned State budget officials are still predicting doom and gloom for the revenue picture for the next few years.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, said Tuesday the United States has "the best health care system that the world has to offer" and he opposes any major reform of the existing system.

Trailblazer Recycling, sponsored by the Pine Country Foundation, held the 2009 Recycling Art Contest titled "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - I can do it!" Winners received $25 and overall winners received $25 and a pizza party to share with their class.

Experimenting with roundworms as a means to understanding human organ development might seem farfetched, but University of Louisiana at Monroe assistant biology professor Chris Gissendanner aims to produce groundbreaking research using the technique through a $210,000 grant.

Mr. and Mrs. Terrell McNeal of Lafayette are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Melissa Marie McNeal to Aaron Isaac Nomey, son of Colonel and Mrs.

Ella Davis of Quitman has registered a trademark for a method of teaching titled, 'A+ Special Education Classroom.' Davis said the program is designed 'to help special students make A's.' Davis has written a book with the same title, which she hopes to have published soon.

V Vehicle Co. will likely know before the end of the summer, and possibly within days, whether it will be approved for a $250 million low-interest federal loan from a program designed to assist manufacturers in building high mileage cars.

A motorcycle crash took the life of a Quitman man in Jackson Parish early Wednesday morning.

A West Monroe construction company could secure almost $3 million in federal stimulus money, according to the state.

Louisiana's Joint Legislative Budget Committee will consider whether to approve Gov.

RUSTON - Thirty-five Louisiana Tech nursing graduates were honored during the spring pinning ceremony held in Howard Auditorium.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, in partnership with CHRISTUS St. Joseph's Home, will conduct a health reform roundtable meeting on Thursday, May 28 at 1 p.m. in Monroe.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, has announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award $178,778 to the University of Louisiana at Monroe for prostate cancer research.