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Letters: Congress must act to help Alzheimer's patients
15+ hour, 11+ min ago (307+ words) Alzheimer's disease has taken too many people I've loved. My mother. Both of my grandmothers. My godmother. I was my mother's primary caregiver, and I walked with her " and our family " through every stage of this disease. That experience changed…...
Letters: Republican candidate doesn't represent views of party on race
15+ hour, 11+ min ago (146+ words) I am writing as a Republican voter who recently attended the De Soto Parish Republican Executive Committee candidate forum, where congressional candidate Chris Johnson spoke. What I witnessed was not leadership; it was an embarrassment. That is not conservatism. That…...
Gov. Jeff Landry "extremely frustrated" with Senate plan to remake Louisiana child welfare
1+ day, 41+ min ago (373+ words) Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during an economic development press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Just hours after a Louisiana state senator unveiled a plan to remake the state's child welfare system, Gov. Jeff Landry cast doubt on the…...
Under fire for abuse, neglect deaths, will Louisiana dismantle its child welfare agency?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (667+ words) The Louisiana State Capitol building on Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Senator Patrick Mc Math, R-Covington, listens during a state senate committee meeting on Monday, February 5, 2024 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After years of frustration about child deaths from abuse…...
Letters: Honest debate with opponents can't involve misrepresenting their views
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (320+ words) Demonstrators gather for a No Kings protest on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Prejean Unity Point in downtown Lafayette. Richard Carter's April 9 letter helpfully clarifies that he did not call the entire No Kings crowd hypocrites and baby-killers; he merely said we…...
Duncan savors win in Orleans Parish clerk race: 'I wish I could start right now, today."
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (583+ words) Calvin Duncan was back at work Monday at Loyola University's Jesuit Social Research Institute after months on the campaign trail, savoring his dominant win against incumbent Darren Lombard in the runoff for Orleans Parish Criminal Clerk of Court. Duncan, 62, called…...
Editorial: Legislature shouldn't stop duly elected court clerk from taking office
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (541+ words) Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, left, questions Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, about Morris" bill to merge the civil and criminal clerk of court offices in Orleans Parish during a Senate hearing Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Senators approved the measure by a…...
Louisiana lawmakers to weigh giving New Orleans council broad power over S&WB
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1004+ words) State lawmakers on Wednesday will consider a bill that gives the New Orleans City Council sweeping powers over the Sewerage and Water Board, including the ability to remake the utility's governing board and exercise broad authority over its funding, budgets…...
Louisiana Legislature pares back bill rethinking sentences for domestic violence victims
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (738+ words) Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, left, and Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, seated, have introduced competing bills to address private schools" concerns with a new law regulating private pre-K programs. Long-simmering frustrations with how Louisiana courts treat women convicted of harming…...
Should New Orleans or Louisiana leaders oversee S&WB, Entergy? This bill would let voters decide
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (656+ words) Voters would decide whether the New Orleans City Council continues to have say over Entergy New Orleans and the Sewerage and Water Board under a bill proposed by a northshore lawmaker. New Orleans is one of only a few cities…...