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...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 11, 2025 | Livingston, Louisiana, Sunshine
If you opened this article asking yourself, ‘Where is that?’ and ‘Why should I be interested?’—we assure you, this is a story you won’t believe. What if a small-town mayor hid public records in his garage? What if officials ignored public records laws, ran illegal...
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,...