Since the time of Huey Long, Louisiana has been burdened by its own form of socio-economic populism. This is populism highlighted by policies that ensconce the power of the few by promising to defend ...
Mohamed Jalloh, a former U.S. service member and naturalized citizen from Sierra Leone who shot and killed one person and injured two others at Virginia’s Old Dominion University on Thursday, was ...
There’s a “staff editorial” today at the Baton Rouge Advocate – they call it a “staff editorial” when the take it includes is so stupid that none of the paper’s editorial writers have the guts to own ...
The second auction of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of America since President Donald Trump’s election in 2024 drew almost $47 million in high bids, with 98% of the activity in offshore areas deeper ...
A byproduct of economic weakness manifests itself in the revenues that are available to state and local governments. In NOLA, declining populations driven by a non-growth economy have resulted in ...
The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better!”   – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, protesting a report by CNN which alleges the Pentagon was “surprised” that Iran would close the Strait ...
The semi-closed primary is not a problem but rather a prime solution to fix Louisiana’s lagging policy-making system. In its upcoming session, the Legislature will vet a couple of bills that would ...
GARLINGTON: New Orleans’ Leading Women Have Gone From Condemning Violence To Condoning It December 11th, 2025 Walt Garlington ...
An appeals court will allow the Trump administration to continue removing illegal immigrants to “third countries,” or locations other than their country of origin, for now. The U.S. 1st Circuit Court ...
Following a U.S. Senate hearing this week on birthright citizenship, U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt R-Mo and Peter Schweizer, ...
It’s amazing to think that not long ago, when he was in the Louisiana House of Representatives and known back then as one of the leading members of the “fiscal hawk” contingent in that body, that we’d ...
No place looks more like Louisiana than the million acres that comprise the Atchafalaya Basin. This week, I dove into it headlong with fishing buddies Chris Macaluso and Jeff Bruhl. We caught a mess ...