( 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 …

( The Center Square ) - The United States Senate Commerce Committee's recent  markup  hearing discussed a package of kids’ online safety bills that are good politics but bad policy. …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) — On June 30, early childhood care providers in Louisiana received notice about children at their facilities who would no longer be part of the state’s Birth-to-3 …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) — National Immunization Awareness Month celebrates vaccines as one of the greatest achievements in public health. Vaccines have transformed diseases that once caused …

Ten years have passed since the Great Flood of 2016. In thinking of an opening for this editorial, I started and stopped several times, before realizing that those ten words carried more weight …

WASHINGTON ( AP ) — Most Americans say  the war in Iran  has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly  since last month , …

( The Center Square ) – Health care costs have spun out of control. Nearly one out of five dollars spent in the U.S. goes toward health care. Average spending is more than $15,000 per person per …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) - In Louisiana and the United States, higher education is central to the affordability crisis, and financial aid at the federal level is being withdrawn.  Grad …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) — “Used to be, the saying was, ‘Where goes New Orleans, where goes the state,'” Gov. Jeff Landry told reporters this month. “That has changed.”  If New …

( The Center Square ) - For years, Louisiana became known for what it was losing. Families packed up for Texas, Florida, and Tennessee in search of better jobs, safer streets, and stronger schools. …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) - In Louisiana, farming is more than an industry. It is part of our history, our economy, and our communities. The people who work the land feed families across our state …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) - In 1936, Doris Lindsey Holland became the first woman to serve in the Louisiana Legislature. Nearly four decades later, in 1973, Lindy Boggs became the first woman elected …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) — Our kids can’t sign a check. The GPS led me the wrong way. Just let artificial intelligence write the emails. Whether spoken with amusement or frustration, these …