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Guest Column: The Advocate

Earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously upheld a district court decision to dismiss the very first coastal lawsuit filed in Louisiana. The precedent-setting ruling leaves little doubt that the ongoing battle over coastal litigation is an ill-conceived distraction — an attempt to enrich trial lawyers, and not a legitimate solution for saving our state’s fragile coast.

Conroe NewsMembers of the North Shore Republican Women's Club crowded the November general membership meeting held at the Bentwater Yacht Club in Montgomery, Texas to listen to a very inspiring presentation from Louisiana State Senator Sharon Hewitt.

Guests were enthralled by her stories of growing up in a testosterone-filled environment as a newly hired engineer on an offshore oil platform, to her family and community leadership, and to her most important role to date, being a freshman State Senator from Louisiana.

Guest Column: The Advocate

Louisianans across the state wake up every morning to go to work and do their jobs. Why, then, isn’t the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources doing its job in Baton Rouge to ensure that our coast and other natural resources are being protected?

Before taking her problem-solving skills to the Louisiana Legislature, Senator Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, applied them in her community and household.  She also relied on them as a drilling and workover engineer.

The announcement one year ago by President Barack Obama that the United States was re-establishing diplomatic ties with Cuba brought hope to many American businessmen about new opportunities in the nearby country.
But an educational trip taken to Cuba last month by 100 Louisiana business and political leaders, including La. Sen. Sharon Hewitt (R-Sli.), makes it clear those economic opportunities are still far off.