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WEBABOUT US. The Louisiana Illuminator is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization driven by its mission to cast light on how decisions are made in Baton Rouge and how they affect the lives of everyday Louisianians, particularly those who are poor or otherwise marginalized. Here readers will find in-depth investigations and news ...
Outgoing Louisiana Secretary of State to join Landry administration
WEBJan 4, 2024 · Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is among the senior staff hires Gov.-elect Jeff Landry’s transition team announced Thursday. Ardoin, who was first elected Secretary of State in 2018, will be Landry’s director of intergovernmental relations. Ardoin decided not to seek re-election and will be replaced by his chief deputy, Nancy Landry.
New Louisiana law that undoes mug shot restrictions can affect ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · A new law in Louisiana undoes the progress the state has made in restricting the release of mug shots for people accused of non-violent crimes, say criminal justice reform advocates and the New Orleans public defenders’ office.
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Louisiana’s top Democrat hopes next generation will help rebuild …
WEBSep 23, 2024 · The Democratic Party has lost 58% of its voter plurality in the state since 2021, according to Baton Rouge pollster John Couvillon. Of Louisiana’s roughly 3 million registered voters, 1,130,553 are Democrats, 1,035,961 are Republicans, and 834,164 have minor or no party affiliations. It is Gaines’ first year chairing the state central ...
Republican governors bash Biden on energy policy
WEBBy: Greg LaRose - June 3, 2024 8:17 pm. The Chalmette Refining plant along the Mississippi River in Chalmette, which uses non-fossil fuels such as soybean and corn oil to create diesel fuel. (Dee J. Hall/ Floodlight) CHALMETTE, Louisiana — Republican governors banded together Monday to pound away …
Next application round for Louisiana’s $10,000 roof grants opens …
WEBNov 2, 2023 · Louisiana’s roof grant program will hold its third application period Monday for homeowners to receive grants of up to $10,000 to replace or retrofit their roofs to new hurricane-proof standards. The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program application period will open at noon Nov. 6 with slots for 750 homeowners on a first-come, first-served basis.
In fossil-fuel friendly Louisiana, talk of a clean hydrogen energy ...
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is heralded by many lawmakers and scientists as the fuel of the future. When burned in a fuel cell, hydrogen produces only water as a byproduct.
Lack of translation services pervasive in Louisiana immigration ...
WEBOct 2, 2024 · Before joining Verite, Bobbi-Jeanne Misick reported on people behind bars in immigration detention centers and prisons in the Gulf South as a senior reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom, a collaboration between NPR, WWNO in New Orleans, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama and MPB-Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson.