by Melinda Deslatte, Louisiana Illuminator A boost to Louisiana’s state income projections will give lawmakers more money to spend over the next 14 months, even as the post-pandemic financial surge…
Category: Politics
Gov Landry Wants a New Constitution
Is Governor Landry Preparing His Final Dish? Governor overreach is at it again. Gov Landry wants a new constitution. His master plan to remake the state in his conservative image…
‘They’re Building a Chemical Factory on My Ancestors’ Graves’
By Sunita Sohrabji ‘The Formosa factory will never come here. We won’t let it.” Environmental activist Sharon Lavigne, founder of Rise St. James. St. James Parish, Louisiana is one of…
Public Works Doesn’t Know How Many Drains Are Clogged
“Everytime we dig up a street, there’s a bad water leak we discover.” That’s a fun fact from the city’s Dept of Public Works. Wanna hear another one. The same…
Castration Bill: Who Benefits?
This regular session of the Louisiana legislature is chock full of sweeping and shocking proposed bills. Many have rightfully gotten heavy attention, debate and media coverage. For example, there…
Question for Congressman Clay Higgins: Why such hostility?
by Sharon Lavigne, Louisiana Illuminator Last week, Congressman Clay Higgins made the social media post about Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, leaving us perplexed ever since.…
The Governor And State Legislators Don’t Want Us To Know How The Sausage Is Made
What’s done in the dark won’t be coming to any type of light if our state legislators have anything to do with it. The latest head scratcher coming out of…
Gov Jeff Landry is Kinda Like Huey P. Long
Everything That’s Old Is New Again. But Is That Good for New Orleans? State interference in New Orleans politics has a long and storied history. Race and power are now…
Pain but Rarely Gain for Black Owned Businesses!
– by Otis Tucker As a great grandson and grandson of an entrepreneurial family I studied the history of Black Businesses in this city. I looked at the rise and…
Alternatives to Biden and Trump? More Old Guys
Another presidential election looms in November, and who stands to win? An 81 year old Democrat incumbent and a 77 year old wanna be dictator posing as a Republican. Both…