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 Michael Lunsford | Feb 3, 2025 | Louisiana, Sunshine
My phone has not stopped ringing, and my text message inbox is brimming. Fielding questions about political shenanigans surrounding fake political text messages have cost me time and resources that I will never get back. So, to say I’m offended by all this might...
by Shawn Wilson | Jan 16, 2025 | Louisiana, Sunshine
Louisiana has a problem, and it’s been a problem for generations. We all know about the “Good Ole Boy” network—a system where power stays in the hands of the well-connected, and favors are traded behind closed doors. It’s a club where family ties, political alliances,...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Broussard, City Court, Lafayette, Lafayette Sheriff, LPSS, Sunshine
In case you missed it, your elected officials have done it again! They are raising taxes without a vote of the people. It is all part of a song and dance called “Roll-Forward.” “ROLL-FORWARD” The phrase “Roll-Forward” is similar to “Roll Tide.” They both elicit a...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 15, 2025 | Sunshine, Youngsville
Youngsville has done it again. They have outdone themselves, as some would say. Others may remark, ‘Why do you keep beating a dead horse?’ We’re not. This horse is alive and well but is stubborn and doesn’t seem to learn from its mistakes or respond to discipline....