+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.
+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…
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.
+4 Will Sutton: Nolan Wells’ death strikes a chord when you’ve been the only Black person in a room BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Jul 21, 2026 Nolan Wells has been laid to rest, but the court of public opinion is not at rest.
+3 On the Record with Mark Cooper: 'FEMA is not going away' Updated Jul 21, 2026 Bossier City native Mark Cooper led the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness under Gov. Bobby Jindal and served as chief of staff for Gov. John Bel Edwards. Now a …
+29 Photos: Nolan Wells remembered at memorial service marked by grief, questions and a call for answers By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer Jul 20, 2026 Read more: Al Sharpton, Tyler Perry together offer $100,000 for tips tied to death of Nolan Wells
+4 Will Sutton: Legislature, governor want New Orleans to play by the same rules — until they don’t BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 17, 2026 So many of us have focused so much on the Orleans Parish judicial cuts passed by the Louisiana Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry that I think most of us missed the drama behi…
+2 Stephanie Grace: Gov. Jeff Landry knows darn well that New Orleans is special BY STEPHANIE GRACE | Staff columnist Updated Jul 17, 2026 “That parish.”
Faimon Roberts: Jury duty, a completely unglamorous but essential service BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Updated Jul 17, 2026 There’s nothing glamorous about the jury pool room on the third floor of the St. Tammany Parish Justice Center. Its off-white walls, beige chairs and fluorescent lights are almost the platonic…
+6 Will Sutton: Louisiana Haitians are caught in a federal flurry of deportation decisions BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Jul 15, 2026 A short time ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Trump administration can send thousands of people home to their native countries. Actually, we’re talking more than 1 million people. …
Faimon Roberts: Justice in Murrill saga requires an open courtroom BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Jul 10, 2026 Irrespective of the legal merits of the recent New Orleans grand jury’s indictment of Attorney General Liz Murrill, one thing is beyond question: What transpired in the courtroom and hallway b…
+5 Will Sutton: An improved Essence Festival deserves financial investment BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 10, 2026 The early reports about the Essence Festival of Culture are in, and the multiple-event was far better than the 2025 fest.
+4 Will Sutton: New Orleans’ French Quarter problems were too much for Essence Festival ‘essies’ BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 9, 2026 The unexpected Saturday night French Quarter explosion disrupted the fun of some fest-goers at Essence Fest, columnist Will Sutton argues.
Faimon Roberts: Rev. Tony Spell’s beliefs, not just his actions, run counter to historic Christianity BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Updated Jul 6, 2026 Whether the Rev. Tony Spell will be convicted of a crime is a question that will be answered by a Louisiana jury.
+3 Will Sutton: Essence is back. Not the festival. The magazine. Another way to say they love Louisiana BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 9, 2026 Essence was a monthly in my youth days. It became a six-times-a-year publication, then a quarterly publication.
+4 Will Sutton: For Essence Fest, here’s where to see Black culture, Black excellence in New Orleans BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 9, 2026 I love the Essence Festival of Culture. The annual July event provides so much pleasure — and, as Frankie Beverly would say, happy feelings.
+3 Stephanie Grace: Julia Letlow’s campaign worked out exactly as Donald Trump intended BY STEPHANIE GRACE | Staff columnist Updated Jul 17, 2026 U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow’s bid to become the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate kicked off in January not with her own announcement, but with a social media post from President Donald Trump.
+2 Stephanie Grace: Even now, Bill Cassidy can’t quit Trump BY STEPHANIE GRACE | Staff columnist Updated Jul 17, 2026 My first reaction — and that of many others, judging from the town square that is the modern internet — was that U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s heated Wednesday showdown with President Donald Trump …
+2 Will Sutton: These two Democrats would vote for John Fleming for U.S. Senate. Here’s why. BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Jun 27, 2026 This is the first time in a long, long time since Louisiana voters have voted in closed party primaries, and Saturday they’re voting in a closed voter primary runoff in two races to succeed U.…
+3 Will Sutton: Some Orleans judges are losing their jobs. Who? I’ll tell you. BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 3, 2026 I agree with Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Legislature that Orleans Parish should have only the number of judges they need. That number should be determined based on the number necessary …
Faimon Roberts: Randy Smith joins the St. Tammany hall of shame BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Updated Jun 26, 2026 Wednesday morning, in a Covington courtroom, yet another St. Tammany politico saw his legacy dashed upon the rocks of a criminal conviction.
+2 Will Sutton: SCOTUS supports religious freedom — except when it comes in a different package BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 3, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently ruled in favor of protecting people who have specific faith and religious practices, arguing that mainstream religious values and organizations must be …
+2 Faimon Roberts: St. Tammany’s love for law enforcement faces its distaste for taxes BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Jun 23, 2026 On Saturday, when the (probably few) voters around Louisiana go to the polls, most of their attention will be on the intense Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff between Julia Letlow and John…
+2 Stephanie Grace: Could the Republican Senate race be veering off script? BY STEPHANIE GRACE | Staff columnist Updated Jun 20, 2026 As Louisiana’s dreary election for U.S. Senate lumbers on, U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow remains the favorite. That would be the case with anyone who finished within a handful of points of winning a …
Faimon Roberts: Anti-carbon capture forces emboldened by Beaver Lake project cancellation BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist Jun 19, 2026 Has Louisiana’s anti-carbon capture insurgency notched its first win? That depends on who you ask.
Will Sutton: Why Ronald Greene’s mom says settlement doesn’t settle anything BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 3, 2026 Nearly everyone in Louisiana knows the name Ronald Greene. He’s the man that Louisiana State Police said died in a single-car accident near Union Parish near Monroe in 2019. Then they were cau…
+9 Will Sutton: Essence Festival bringing back Louisiana flavor with local book partner BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Jul 9, 2026 The Essence Festival of Culture made a way out of no way when then-Mayor Marc Morial worked with the Black publishing company to celebrate its 25th anniversary in New Orleans at what was then …