Letters: Racism isn’t destiny in important U.S. Senate race LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 22 hrs ago Nothing less than the future of Louisiana is at stake in the U.S. Senate race. That’s why it can’t be called off before it even begins by racism about the choices in the November election.
Letters: Industry assures neighbors they’re safe. Where’s the proof? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 22 hrs ago As someone who has spent years working with Louisiana communities living near petrochemical facilities, I am troubled by a familiar pattern.
Letters: New Orleans will pay a high price for antagonizing the governor and his staff LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 22 hrs ago New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno recently retracted a $110 million bond sale request before the State Bond Commission, saying she expected it to be rejected as retribution for the indictment of…
Letters: Size and placement of photos tell their own story after election LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 22 hrs ago I recently read an article in a national newspaper highlighting 16 things America got right. The one that caught my eye was titled, “Our Aspiration to Fairness.”
Letters: Breakthrough cancer drugs of tomorrow depend on investment today LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 22 hrs ago For decades, pancreatic cancer has remained one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when surgery is no longer an option, and for those who…
+2 Quin Hillyer: FEMA nominee shows that standing for principle need not be a disaster BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 26, 2026 When a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday advanced the nomination of a new administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, it emitted a ray of hope for the idea that principled stan…
Editorial: Affordable housing needs focused attention STAFF EDITORIAL Jul 26, 2026 The housing market in Louisiana has been a roller coaster for a while now. Soaring insurance premiums, high interest rates and lack of inventory have driven up costs and left some would-be buy…
Letters log July 16-23: News judgment in the internet age LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 26, 2026 The famous tagline of The New York Times is "All the news that's fit to print." I think in some manner all news outlets have a similar motto. But what does it mean to be fit to print? There is…
+2 Stephanie Grace: Scorched-earth politics come to Louisiana, and we’re all worse off for it BY STEPHANIE GRACE | Staff columnist Updated Jul 26, 2026 If anyone was relieved when the New Orleans officials who’d been threatened with removal by Attorney General Liz Murrill offered an olive branch last week, it was short-lived.
+2 Ron Faucheux: U.S. Senate control hangs on these four states RON FAUCHEUX Jul 25, 2026 If Republicans hold Congress in November, it may be a bigger defeat for Democrats than a win for Republicans. That’s because it would confirm the status quo, and the status quo on Capitol Hill…
Letters: Misunderstanding of deficit in government risks holding America back LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 25, 2026 The rallying cry to "Make America Great Again" is frequently invoked, but we will never achieve lasting greatness until we reject a fundamental economic delusion: the deficit myth.
Letters: Simple blood test another way to screen for colorectal cancer LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 25, 2026 I recently read the article by Margaret Delaney on Louisiana's high colorectal cancer rates and Cherie Broome’s experience with CRC. Ms. Broome's story shows a simple truth: Screening saves li…
Letters: For Louisiana’s drowning coast, dredged sediment would be a lifeline LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 25, 2026 Re: “Army Corps holds first-of-its-kind ‘summit’ in Louisiana”
Letters: Should senators be asking the 2020 election question a different way? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 25, 2026 While watching confirmation hearings, I wondered how many members of the Senate Intelligence Committee would say that President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election?
+5 Will Sutton: Welcome Cleo Fields back to a place where he shouldn't be BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 24, 2026 U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields campaigned and earned the title of congressman twice in his career. And he’s lost the title twice.
+2 Faimon Roberts: In City Hall’s latest St. George drama, the barbs are coming from inside the house BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Updated Jul 24, 2026 To the surprise and delight of no one, the fight over St. George is back. But this time, the verbal bullets are flying between members of city-parish government, with the Metro Council and par…
Guest Column: Wetlands need ‘Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy’ BY NATALIE ROBOTTOM Jul 24, 2026 Every hurricane season, meteorologists track storms to prepare for their effects. Emergency managers train and preposition supplies for their communities. Elected officials declare states of e…
Guest Column: New Orleans’ property task force needs an heirs-first track BY KIM BRAUD Jul 24, 2026 Mayor Helena Moreno's new blight task force aims to move some of New Orleans' 6,500 adjudicated properties back into commerce, with focused work starting in the Lower 9th Ward and Hoffman Triangle.
+2 Guest Column: New Orleans isn’t a Louisiana liability. It’s an asset. BY MITCH LANDRIEU Jul 24, 2026 Gov. Jeff Landry has spent weeks making his feelings about New Orleans unmistakable. He said the city "thinks they're so special," declared that the old axiom "where goes New Orleans, so goes …
+2 Guest Column: Louisiana’s offshore reserves a key part of energy security and future BY GIFFORD BRIGGS Jul 24, 2026 As geopolitical instability reshapes global energy markets and allies increasingly look to the United States for reliable supply, Louisiana and our nation face a critical question: Will we con…
+2 Quin Hillyer: In trying to send message to grand jurors, Murrill’s team crossed a line BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 24, 2026 It is a very good thing that the bogus criminal indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has been dropped, but that doesn’t excuse one of the hardball tactics her defense lawyers e…
Faimon Roberts: Despite legislators’ moos, raw milk law has been detrimental to public health BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Updated Jul 24, 2026 The Louisiana Legislature has sometimes been accused of having a herd mentality. One time it was literally true.
Editorial: Rekindling LSU-Tulane, other in-state games good for Louisiana football STAFF EDITORIAL Jul 23, 2026 College sports have provided no shortage of worrisome topics in recent months — transfer portal chaos, revenue sharing, NIL escalation and the SEC’s threat to leave the NCAA altogether among t…
Quin Hillyer: Mayor Moreno gives herself high marks for first six months — and rightly so BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 23, 2026 When New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno earlier this month released a report on her first half-year in office, the fresh air was almost palpable.
Letters: Louisiana’s leaders in the House must push bill to invest in roads and bridges LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 23, 2026 Louisiana’s roads, bridges and highways are the backbone of the Bayou State’s economy, security and energy industry. From hurricane evacuation routes to major freight corridors, our transporta…
Letters: Marginalized community drew the line at trains through the neighborhood LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 23, 2026 Re: “It’s time to share train traffic,” Letters, July 2.
Letters: Punish surgeons who bolster ‘slammer’ cases with unnecessary operations LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 23, 2026 I have been reading news of the trials of the “slammers,” who fake car collisions with trucks and then claim injuries and file lawsuits. I notice slammers have undergone surgery for fake injur…
Letters: In a paved-over city, flooding will happen no matter when we start the pumps LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 23, 2026 Recently, it seemed every news outlet led with some variation on the headline, “SWB worker fails to turn on pumps for 45 minutes and the city floods.”