( Louisiana Illuminator ) — There are two things I look forward to ahead of Election Day, and both involve an intense passion for fine details. One is the obligatory newsroom pizza binge, and …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — Louisiana has nuclear fever. In March, Gov. Jeff Landry released the state’s first Nuclear Strategic Framework , and the U.S. Department of Energy named Louisiana one …
( The Center Square ) - Having worked in fire safety and emergency response for almost 50 years, I have seen extraordinarily brave people fight increasingly extreme wildfires with inadequate tools …
( The Center Square ) - In April 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave America’s coal and gas plants an ultimatum: capture most of your carbon dioxide emissions or close. On …
( The Center Square ) – Numbers can tell a story that no amount of partisan spin can erase. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, southwest border apprehensions in fiscal …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — Director Deeyah Khan had been fighting violence against women for 15 years when she made the 2022 documentary “Behind the Rage: America’s Domestic Violence.” …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) - Imagine a 17-year-old boy on a prison bus being taken nearly 200 miles from his home in East Baton Rouge Parish because its jail cannot house him separately from …
( The Center Square ) – Higher interest rates divide households. Savers holding cash or buying new bonds can earn more interest. Borrowers taking out new loans or carrying variable-rate debt pay …
( The Center Square ) – Oil prices jumped again in September, but core inflation has been relatively subdued. Hiring remains weak, and wage growth slowed further. So far, the data support …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand artificial intelligence and place himself in lockstep with the industry’s leaders this week are the latest examples of …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand artificial intelligence and place himself in lockstep with the industry’s leaders this week are the latest examples of …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — A decade or so ago I was talking with the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. The conversation turned to healthcare, and I was in a snarky mood. “How do you …
( The Center Square ) - The House Budget Committee held its first field hearing in roughly thirty years on Monday. They went to Dallas. They didn't go to inspect a federal facility, review a disaster …
( The Center Square ) - Mark Cuban and State Rep. James Talarico (D-TX) have identified real public frustration: American health care too often fails patients on affordability, transparency and …
( The Center Square ) — When governors want more jobs, they usually reach for tax credits, development grants, or subsidies for a favored factory. Yet every state already controls a broader and …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — An Orleans Parish judge ordered Lisa Andres to be released from jail May 30, 2025, according to court records cited in a new lawsuit against the state. She was …
( The Center Square ) - If you hired three painters, took all three bids, and then paid every one of them the highest price, you would fire your contractor. That is close to how much of …
( The Center Square ) - We say, “Never Forget,” but have many Americans forgotten? Twenty-five years after the most horrific terrorist attack in American history, the five 9/11 suspects …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — Throughout my life, I have seen my share of homeless people. Some of my own relatives have been homeless, and it saddens me to see men, women and children without …
( The Center Square ) - Students head back to classrooms this month. Many arrive already convinced their future is hopeless. In a Lancet Planetary Health …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — This week’s announcement of SpaceX’s plans to build a rocket launchport in coastal Vermilion Parish has me recalling the heyday of space exploration just before …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — Ashtin Ursin was already a convicted felon and already facing a second-degree murder accusation when Baton Rouge Police arrested him Jan. 25, 2025, on charges including …
(Louisiana Illuminator) - An inconvenient truth is being overshadowed by an increasingly tedious melodrama between Gov. Jeff Landry and Mayor Helena Moreno, and not many of my fellow New Orleanians …
( The Center Square ) - From the Arkansas line, in all directions down through much of Louisiana, dipping even into Cajun country, you see trees. Everywhere. The depth and breadth of our pine and …
( Louisiana Illuminator ) — For more than two decades, I’ve worked with people living with cancer in Louisiana and witnessed thousands of families confront fear and uncertainty that follow a …