by Editorial Staff | Mar 28, 2025 | St. Martin, Sunshine
Several years ago, we published “A Stench Along The Teche – Outcomes of the St. Martin Parish Criminal Justice System.” Not long after that publication, the 16th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Supervising Attorney for St. Martin Parish, Robert Chevalier,...
by Michael Lunsford | Mar 19, 2025 | About Us, Libraries, Louisiana, Sunshine
If you haven’t heard of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), consider yourself lucky. Their purpose (at least as I understand it) is to label people and organizations as “hate groups” so that others feel morally justified in viciously attacking...
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 14, 2025 | Smaller Government, Sunshine
A barrage of constitutional amendments comes upon us every year like raindrops in a Louisiana thunderstorm. They find their way on the ballot during these low-turnout elections, with a fragment of the people deciding the fate of our most important state document....
by Editorial Staff | Mar 13, 2025 | Lafayette, Legislature, Louisiana, Sunshine
We have been paying attention to this for some time. In fact, we were the first media organization to tell you about the dissemination of fake political messages in recent political races in the Acadiana area. Now, we are finally seeing law enforcement action taken...
by Michael Lunsford | Mar 11, 2025 | Baton Rouge, Libraries, Sunshine
Sid Edwards just pulled off one of the biggest political budget maneuvers Baton Rouge has seen in years. The East Baton Rouge Parish Library has been sitting on a pile of far more cash than it needs. After weeks of public debate, backroom negotiations, and heated...