by Editorial Staff | Mar 17, 2025 | Education, Libraries, Livingston, Louisiana, Sunshine
If you are like most people, you have been entertained by national politics, particularly by President Donald Trump. Watching him take executive action to reverse many harmful policies pushed down by the previous executive has been very encouraging. From reversing DEI...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 6, 2025 | DOGE, Education, Libraries, Sunshine
Tulane University, one of Louisiana’s most prestigious private institutions, seeks $30 million in taxpayer funding to establish a biomedical research center. At first glance, such a request might seem like a routine investment in science and innovation. However,...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 24, 2025 | DOGE, Education, Louisiana, Sunshine
A common question we hear at Citizens for a New Louisiana concerns Louisiana DEI spending. How much taxpayer money funds DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) programs? The short answer? No one really knows. Perhaps that’s why Emily Chenevert...
by Letters to the Editor | Feb 16, 2025 | Education
By Chuck Owen, State Representative, LSU Alum 2009 and 2011 Over the past 5 years, I’ve been a member of the House Committee on Education. This committee, thus the members, oversees educational activities in the State, including higher education. As a result of...
by Jamie Pope | Nov 15, 2022 | Baton Rouge, Education, Legislature
Louisiana is last in nearly everything good. Education is no exception. Our children deserve the best education we can provide. Why is The Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) against high standards? Their own strategic plan says...