January 2024 Archive

Fight for congressional majorities launches against backdrop of presidential campaigns
By Ariana Figueroa and Jennifer Shutt Contributing Writers (States Newsroom via lailluminator.com) — The 2024 battle for control of Congress is underway in the states, accompanying the accelerating race for the presidency.
Can La. replicate Georgia’s voter registration and turnout?
By Molly Ryan, Metia Carroll and McKinley Cobb Contributing Writers (LSU Manship News Service) — The Rev. Timothy McDonald, pastor at First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta, remembers being approached in a ...
Company building La. solar panel factory sells $700M in tax credits
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A major American solar manufacturer is selling $700 million worth of tax credits the company earned under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), marking ...
Environmental interests react to EPA giving CO2 storage permit power
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — State leaders rejoiced as 2023 came to an end over the federal government’s decision to give Louisiana authority to permit and regulate the wells needed ...
Black women and pay inequality
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Taraji P. Henson is speaking out, and people are listening. It remains to be seen if the award-winning actress will become a catalyst for major changes ...
The eminent danger facing all of Black America
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent One of the most in-your-face and undeniable moments that shows the direction most Republicans and so-called conservatives are attempting to take America is ...
Supporting HBCUs’ sustainability in America
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. President and CEO National Newspaper Publishers Assn. Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Education sent all colleges and universities across the nation a notice, reminding ...
New Year’s resolutions for elected officials and those who elect them
People are striving to keep their New Year’s resolutions as we roll into the second week of 2024. They’re eating clean, drinking more water, exercising more, committing to eliminating harmful ...
The new Louisiana laws that took effect Jan. 1 most likely to affect you
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Many of the laws that took effect Jan. 1 in Louisiana appear unlikely to encroach upon your everyday life at first glance. But closer examination ...
Louisiana Supreme Court justices want their districts redrawn
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A majority of justices on the Louisiana Supreme Court are calling on incoming state leaders to redraw the court’s seven districts to add a second ...

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