by Michael Lunsford | Oct 14, 2024 | Libraries, Louisiana
It’s been over a year since Heather Cloud and Julie Emerson refocused our public libraries to prioritize children’s innocence. The new law, RS 25:225, states that authorities may withhold funding from any library system that does not comply with the new...
by Michael Lunsford | Oct 8, 2024 | Louisiana, Sunshine
How can we finally change Louisiana? Tracking frivolous spending in our state’s Capitol has been challenging for a long time. That’s because Louisiana’s Huey Long culture operates best under the cover of darkness. It’s much more difficult to...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 30, 2024 | Legislature, Louisiana
Louisiana voters will face a single Constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Many voters have a “vote no” default attitude regarding Constitutional amendments. It’s the easy vote because it effectively means “no change.” Even the author...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2024 | Legislature, Louisiana, Sunshine
Louisiana is in the middle of a culture war, but it is not the culture war you are probably thinking of. We are not talking about Banana Jones and the Lost Crusade. With mounting court costs and outstanding judgments, that low-budget film is doomed to fail. We are...
by Jamie Pope | Sep 16, 2024 | Legislature, Louisiana
The “looming fiscal cliff” keeps appearing in Louisiana’s legacy media headlines. Of course, the effort pushes legislators to renew John Bel Edward’s “temporary” .45¢ sales tax. This repetitive use of deceptive language creates fear...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 12, 2024 | Louisiana, Sunshine
We are all familiar with the “smurfs,” those tiny blue creatures living under the forest’s canopy in mushroom homes. But are there other smurfs amongst us? The ones we are talking about are also blue, as in Democrat Party blue. “Smurfing” is very similar to the...