Louisiana Still Has No Statewide Siren System. Activists Say Enough. Louisiana’s Leaders Keep Stalling. Activists Say They’re Done Waiting. Fourteen tornadoes. Thousands dead in past storms. Zero statewide sirens. TL;DR:…
Category: Louisiana Politics
Jeff Landry Has No Clothes — And New Orleans Business Leaders Need to Say So
Jeff Landry Has No Clothes — And New Orleans Business Leaders Need to Say So | Black Source Media TL;DR Jeff Landry now controls Louisiana’s courts, its legislature, and its…
Jeff Landry Rewired Louisiana Power — And What New Orleans Has to Do to Survive It
How Jeff Landry Rewired Louisiana Power — And What New Orleans Has to Do to Survive It | Black Source Media TL;DR Jeff Landry did not just win an election.…
Moreno and Landry Are Beefing. Is the President Unhinged?
TL;DR Governor Landry and Mayor Moreno are exchanging letters because phones apparently don’t exist anymore. New Orleans needed $110 million. Then it didn’t. The governor is confused. The mayor is…
The Mayor and Governor Are Tweeting. New Orleans Is Bleeding.
TL;DR Mayor Moreno is making the right arguments. The city is still losing. Not because she is wrong — but because the strategy is not working. The public letter war…
Essence Fest Wants $12 Million a Year. New Orleans Should Ask What It Gets Back
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…
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…