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I just to thank the newspaper for its fine coverage of the tributes to former President Jimmy Carter after his recent death. While some may debate the effectiveness of his presidency, there is...
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Former U.S. Rep. Garret Graves working tirelessly for years to get the Social Security Fairness Act up for a vote in Congress. He kept constituents updated every step of the way and...
I am a retired registered nurse, and I am writing to express my deep concern regarding a policy reportedly discussed within the Louisiana Department of Health. A report by New Orleans radio st...
Maybe we've arrived, after a long line of tragedies, at trivializing the word "resilient." But let's be sure of this: In New Orleans, we face death by celebrating life. We touch our neighbors'...
Louisiana is still celebrating a major investment in the state with the announcement of a new Meta AI data center in Richland Parish. However, the $10 billion data center isn’t the only invest...
Recent events have brought widespread anger and frustration with the U.S. health care system into sharp focus. The tragic murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has, for many, become a symbol of t...
It is hard to believe it has been more than seven years since Max Gruver died.
The presidential election is behind us, and the inauguration is right around the corner. After four years in the White House, where does Joe Biden stand with the American people?
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While I agree that we shouldn't listen to celebrities, athletes, etc. to decide who to vote for, I wonder how those who "won" the election are going to feel should the 25% tariff that Donald T...
OK folks, here we go. I read with interest Patrick Wall's interview with Ronnie Morris, the current president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, on the subject of chronic absenteeism in L...
It is a myth perpetrated on the American people that presidents can bring down inflation and rising prices.
The gist of Francis E. Lewis' recent letter is that, "For the past decade, the country has devolved into a sinister, dark nation." I disagree with this opinion. I see lots of people enjoying l...
The recent deaths of two innocent teenage girls following a high-speed chase that began in Jefferson Parish is an outrage. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto said that the chase “had been ca...
Attorney General Liz Murrill is determined to see Louisiana public schools, colleges and universities display the Ten Commandments in classrooms across our 64 parishes. She's defending the law...
**New Orleans is in the midst of a housing crisis, fueled by the effects of the pandemic, skyrocketing insurance rates, higher costs of utilities, a lack of new housing stock and stagnant wages.
It’s no secret our local shrimpers are struggling.
It is hard to encapsulate the feeling I have right now on a two-dimensional plane.
Growing up in New Orleans leaves you in a constant mode of survival.
We don’t have answers for all the deadly infectious diseases in the world, a fact made painfully clear Monday as Louisiana reported the nation’s first human death from H5N1, a variation of bir...
Surely Joe Public is appalled by the former New Orleans schools superintendent getting a $335,000 settlement? Does this smell bad to you? Initially, there was a revelation of an accounting err…
In 30 days, New Orleans will once again be on the world stage as the host city for the NFL Super Bowl, which is projected to generate half a billion dollars in economic impact.
For years, we heard the warnings from Democrats that President-elect Donald Trump was going to “destroy democracy as we know it,” yet it was three Democrats who introduced House Joint Resoluti…
I hope state Sen. Gregory Miller will consider helping equip cities across Louisiana with a new tool to acquire and sell abandoned property, since his recent constitutional amendment (Act 409)…
I appreciate your article calling attention to our struggle by residents near Alabo Street Wharf to “Stop the Train, and Stop the Grain,” and hope you will continue to expose the ongoing saga.
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