Public outcry against carbon capture in Louisiana growing
By Terry L. Jones Contributing Writer (Special from Floodlight via The Lens) – Communities of people across south Louisiana say that they want to protect themselves from what they consider to be ... St. Tammany deputy challenges appeals court decision allowing civil rights suit to move forward
By Richard A. Webster Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — A St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s deputy has challenged a federal appeals court ruling that found he likely violated the First Amendment rights of a ... Landry asks for pause of Gallot being named UL system president
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has tried to intervene in the hiring of a well-liked university president and former Democratic legislator as the new head of ... Biden commutes sentences and pardons marijuana offenses in sweeping criminal justice reform
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In what the White House called a decisive move echoing the core tenet of equal justice under law, President Joe Biden ... Northeast Louisiana gets first power bill hike in 40 years
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Residents in northeast Louisiana will soon pay more for electricity after state utility regulators earlier this month approved an immediate 12 percent rate increase for ... Health crisis looms: CDC issues stark warning amidst rising tide of COVID and flu cases
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A looming healthcare crisis is on the horizon as hospitals and emergency rooms face the potential need to ration care by the month’s ... He’s on Louisiana’s death row, his attorneys say, for a crime that didn’t happen
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer A Netflix documentary calls into question the methods of forensic examiners in the case (lailluminator.com) — “Definitely, the system in Louisiana is broken.” Analysis reveals Republican Party voter fraud crackdown is simply an effort to disenfranchise Black and Hispanic voters
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The Republican Party’s assault on suspected and unverified widespread voter fraud has come into view for what it is: an attempt to disenfranchise ... Landry says Medicaid work requirements, copayments are under consideration
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Gov.-elect Jeff Landry is considering work requirements and copayments for enrollees in Louisiana’s Medicaid program. The proposals tend to be popular with Republicans but controversial ... Mississippi River and its mayors step onto international climate stage, at COP28
By Keely Brewer Contributing Writer (Special from The Daily Memphian via The Lens) — One in 12 people globally consume commodities grown in the Mississippi River basin, by some estimates. More than ...
Next Page »