February 2023 Archive

Will La. miss its chance for a recreational marijuana market?
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — For the third year in a row, the Louisiana Legislature will have the chance to vote on a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana and incorporate ...
La. considers swapping gas tax with mileage fees
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – Louisi-ana is eyeing a pilot program that would charge drivers a mileage fee as a way to replace or augment the gasoline tax.
The South’s union membership stagnates, but workplace protests grow
By Chris Kromm Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — While support for labor unions in the United States is at its highest level in more than five decades, the percent of ...
Era of ‘free’ COVID vaccines, test kits, and treatments is ending. Who will pay the tab now?
By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (khn.org) — Time is running out for free-to-consumer covid vaccines, at-home test kits, and even some treatments.
Dillard University’s baseball team makes history
By Romalice Brown Contributing Writer Jaylen Ayers. Ty McCollough. Dallas Christian. Three answers to three trivia questions when talking Dillard University Baseball.
IRS says more early birds filing taxes
By Peter White Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) – Barely three weeks after the start of this year’s tax filing season, the IRS had received 19 million tax returns, processed 16.8 million ...
The Black Superbowl and the challenge of anti-Blackness
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist African-American history was celebrated at this year’s Super Bowl. It was the first time that two Black quarterbacks faced off against each other. John Hurts of the ...
We built this country
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Students at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are learning a hard and valuable lesson. These students are not just hearing about the fight behind ...
President Biden’s State of the Union
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Joe Biden’s State of the Union will feature good news. He has much to report – record job growth, record low unemployment, inflation down, and new efforts ...
We need a united village
Time magazine referred to the Millennial Generation as the “Me Me Me Generation,” in 2013. Millennials, born from 1990 to 2000, are ‘lazy, entitled, selfish, and shallow,’ according to the ...

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