‘Our democracy demands new leadership’
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In an impassioned address from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden laid bare his decision to step down from the 2024 presidential race, ... Lawyers push to relocate St. John elementary students from school next to chemical plant
By Halle Parker, WWNO Contributing Writer The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is asking a federal judge to require St. John the Baptist Parish School Board to relocate students from an elementary school ... Candidates sign up to run in new majority-Black La. Supreme Court district
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Two state appellate court judges and a Baton Rouge government administrator signed up last Wednesday to run for a newly-created majority-Black seat on Louisiana’s ... Biden Administration announces $1.2B more in student debt forgiveness
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — On Thursday, July 18, the Biden administration announced the forgiveness of $1.2 billion in student debt for 35,000 public service workers, including teachers, ... School vouchers were supposed to save taxpayer money. Instead they blew a massive hole in Arizona’s budget.
By Eli Hager ProPublica In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education. Under a new law, any parent in the state, no matter how affluent, could ... Louisiana still hasn’t recovered all the jobs it lost during the pandemic
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – While the rest of the nation has far surpassed the number of jobs lost during the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana is one of only a handful ... Appeals court sends La. LNG terminal project back to regulators
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Federal regulators will have to reconsider its review of a proposed liquified natural gas terminal in southwest Louisiana based on an appellate court ruling Tuesday ... Trump chooses running mate who once called him ‘America’s Hitler’
By Hamil R. Harris Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Former President Trump and his vice presidential running mate Sen. JD Vance are all smiles sitting together at the Republican National Convention in ... 15k Louisianans lose food stamps due to reinstated federal work requirements
By Nick Chrastil The Lens More than 15,000 people across Louisiana have been kicked off of state food-stamp rolls in recent months. Heritage Foundation touts controversial Project 2025 plan on RNC outskirts
By Ashley Murray Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — Despite former President Donald Trump’s denial of any connection to the conservative presidential transition plan known as Project 2025, the initiative’s driver, the Heritage ...
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