TL;DR Essence Fest is seeking up to $12 million a year from New Orleans and Louisiana as its contract expires in September. The economic case for keeping it here is…
Category: Louisiana Politics
She Came for New Orleans. New Orleans Slapped Back.
TL;DR Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill sent eight letters threatening to strip New Orleans elected officials of their offices if they didn’t fall in line. An Orleans Parish grand jury…
New Orleans Is Losing Louisiana. The 2026 Session Just Made It Official.
TL;DR New Orleans is not just losing people. It is losing power. The 2026 Louisiana legislative session reduced the city’s judges, eliminated its criminal clerk of court, cut its congressional…
New Orleans Can Find Millions for a Hotel. It Just Can’t Fix the Pipes, the Pumps, or the Power
TL;DR New Orleans is packaging nearly $1 billion in public subsidies for a Dallas-based hotel company while its own pipes, pumps, and power systems fail the people who live here.…
Louisiana’s Insurance Crisis Is Destroying Black Wealth.
Louisiana’s Insurance Crisis Is a Civil Rights Issue | Black Source Media Louisiana’s Insurance Crisis Is a Civil Rights Issue. Here Is the Proof. By Jeff Thomas | Publisher, Black…