( 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United States, higher education is central to the affordability crisis, and financial aid at the federal level is being withdrawn.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 …

( The Center Square ) - Drive down Louisiana Highway 1 on any given morning and you'll see it: pickups and work trucks rolling south before the sun comes up, heading toward Port Fourchon. These are …

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 familiar phrases reveal …

( The Center Square ) - As Americans prepare to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, there will be no shortage of fireworks, parades, speeches and reflections on our history. Those celebrations …

WASHINGTON ( AP ) — Most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams, according to  a new …

( The Center Square ) — In his book, Inventing America , the liberal scholar Garry Wills argued that the Declaration owed much to previous Anglo-American history. This is correct. English …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) - The abolitionist and  writer Frederick Douglass  is known for many things, but perhaps among the most significant is his views on education’s relationship to …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) — Caroline Morrison-Howard has lived on Littlefield Avenue in Central for decades, inside the Plantation Way subdivision.  That neighborhood name choice has …

( The Center Square ) - The Gulf of America produces about 15 percent of America's oil and sends billions of dollars in royalties to the federal treasury every year. It is one of the nation's most …

( The Center Square ) – The European Union is preparing yet another initiative aimed at reducing its reliance on American technology. The effort comes at a time when the United States and …

( The Center Square ) - During the first few weeks of Operation Epic Fury, many prematurely predicted that Russia would benefit from the conflict. With U.S. weapons originally bound for Ukraine …

( The Center Square ) - When the Louisiana Legislature wraps up its session each year, the rest of the state tends to move on. Lawmakers pack up their offices, reporters file their final wrap-ups, …

( The Center Square ) – When Lee Ann Sommerville took a Charleston, West Virginia chemical plant to court last year, she framed her case as a public health crisis. Sommerville claimed she had been …

( Louisiana Illuminator ) — Most Louisiana parents never have to think about what happens when measles or whooping cough shows up at school.  That is not luck. It is the result of school …