‘Lip service’: Judge blasts DEQ for approving Formosa project in St. James
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Environmental groups in Louisiana are celebrating a state judge’s decision last Wednesday of last week to revoke permits for a massive $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics ... N.O. City Council sides with Gordon Plaza residents in fight over property buyout appraisals
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans City Council on last Thursday (September 15) unanimously passed a motion intended to force the city to use an appraisal method favored by ... La. cut its homeless numbers during the pandemic; they’re back up again
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Vauchel Cojoe, a former cab driver in Uptown New Orleans, found herself living under an overpass for several months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Confronting history, Congress studies addition of lynching sites to national park system
By Jacob Fischler Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The U.S. House is considering a bill that would put lynching sites in western Tennessee on track to become part of the National Park Service, part ... US Dept. of Justice official expressed concerns over state’s ‘problematic’ plan to move kids to Angola, offered assistance
By Nick Chrastil The Lens An official from the United States Department of Justice wrote a letter to Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice Deputy Secretary Bill Sommers in late July to ... While inflation takes a toll on seniors, billions of dollars in benefits go unused
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (khn.org) – Millions of older adults are having trouble making ends meet, especially during these inflationary times. Yet many don’t realize help is available, and ... Bernard Shaw, groundbreaking CNN anchor dies
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Ground-breaking and original CNN anchor Bernard Shaw has died of pneumonia, his family confirmed on Thursday, Sept. 8. Princeton provides full tuition to families making under $100,000
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Princeton University announced on September 8 that it would expand its financial aid program so students coming from families earning under $100,000 a year would pay nothing ... State Rep. pitches end of La income tax to lawmakers
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee met Tuesday to begin study of a proposal to eliminate the state’s individual and corporate income taxes. During ... Never forget
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Currently, the Architect of the Capitol fulfills on average more than 100,000 flag requests from lawmakers annually. Therefore, it is not unusual for a member of ...
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