US Rep. Carter wins in walkover
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer A group of Garden District voters expressed surprise to The Louisiana Weekly on the evening of November 5 after finding themselves suddenly redrawn into Steve Scalise’s congressional ... Cleo Fields returns to US Congress
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer As chairman of the legislative committee charged with creating a new Louisiana majority-minority district, Cleo Fields himself drew the newly reconstituted 6th Congressional seat as one so ... Supreme Court takes up challenge to La. congressional map
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan that has two majority-Black districts, the latest ... Investing in literacy and transforming minds
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Controversial and award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates and Joy-Ann Reid, author and host of MSNBC’s “The Reid Out,” are coming to New Orleans for an evening of public ... DOJ targets elder fraud and nursing home abuse in sweeping nationwide actions
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released its annual report to Congress on efforts to combat elder fraud, abuse, and neglect. The report ... Louisiana EBT cardholders told to change PIN code after skimmers found across state
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Anyone in Louisiana with an EBT card for food stamp benefits needs to immediately change their personal identification numbers – or PIN codes – or ... Election proves Black Americans have no allies
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s words mirrored Shirley Chisholm’s groundbreaking observation decades ago: “Of the two handicaps, being Black is much less of ... Voters agree to put offshore wind energy revenue into coastal projects
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailliuminator.com) — Louisiana is just putting its toe in the water of offshore-based wind energy development, but any revenue such projects generate for the state will go ... Cong. democrats’ report calls La. misoprostol law ‘anti-science’
By Lorena O’Neil Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Democrats on a congressional committee say a new Louisiana law that classifies pregnancy care drugs as controlled dangerous substances will put women’s lives at risk. Private calls and campaign cash: Louisiana regulators’ ties to the utilities they oversee
By Pam Radtke, Mario Alejandro Ariza and Miranda Green Contributing Writers (Special from Floodlight) — This past April, days before a Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) meeting at a remote lakefront resort, ...
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