State, school district ask judge to end federal scrutiny of NOLa. special education
By Marta Jewson The Lens The Louisiana Department of Education and Orleans Parish School Board have asked a federal judge to release them from a decade-old judgment, instituted on behalf of ... La. lawmakers might revise rejected constitutional amendment on taxes
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana legislators might put portions of a constitutional amendment overhauling state budget and tax policies back on the ballot, even after voters overwhelmingly rejected the ... Landry orders executive branch hiring freeze for Louisiana
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Gov. Jeff Landry has enacted a hiring freeze for the executive branch of state government in an effort to save $20 million ahead of a ... SAVE Act will bar millions of citizens from voting
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (American Community Media) — Leaders of several civil rights organizations gathered in Washington D.C. March 31 to state their opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) ... These companies doing business in Louisiana want to disconnect from pricey utilities
By Pam Radtke Contributing writer (Floodlight) — “Horrifying.” That’s what one consumer advocate calls a projected 90 percent increase in electricity prices for customers of electric utility, Entergy Louisiana, between 2018 and ... The many musical and rhythmic hats of Eric Burt
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The award that Eric Burt was presented at the 2024 Satchmo SummerFest for his 30 years as a stage manager at French Quarter Festival’s productions ... Trump slaps highest tariff on small African nation
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (BlackPressUSA.com) — President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on dozens of nations, including a record-setting 50 percent reciprocal tariff on the tiny southern ... New NOMA curator says ‘New Orleans is the muse’
By Jasmine Robinson Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — At the beginning of her career as an art curator, Anne Collins Smith was a graduate student seeking to answer a question for her master’s ... Senate gives big banks $21B gift from consumers’ wallets
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer While news headlines continue to focus on the chaos, confusion and legal challenges caused by the new administration’s recent changes, it could be easy to miss recent ... Union protections axed under Trump’s new order
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (BlackPressUSA.com) — President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order eliminating collective bargaining rights for federal employees across the government, a move civil rights leaders ...
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