By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
It might not feel like Friday, but it’s here … along with your news.
The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association wants to limit personal information redactions that elected officials can now mandate. (Photo by Julie O'Donoghue/Illuminator)
By Julie O’Donoghue
Louisiana clerks of court want to limit a law that allows hundreds of elected officials and their families to remove their personal information from online records, including court and mortgage documents. The affected documents include divorce proceedings, criminal court records, civil lawsuits, mortgages, deeds, leases and other property records.
A view through a microscope as foam derived from castor oil extracts microplastics from water. New research at Louisiana State University shows that the structure of the foam can remove a wide variety of microplastics from water. (Kennedy Guillot/LSU)
By Elise Plunk
Bodies of water around the world face a human-made problem invisible to the naked eye, but new research from LSU could one day help remove it.
A road grader clears snow and ice from an onramp at the intersection of Interstate 49 and I-220 in Shreveport on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (Screenshot from LA DOTD video)
By Julie O’Donoghue
President Donald Trump has approved Gov. Jeff Landry’s request for more federal funding to help with recovery from a severe winter storm that hit North Louisiana in late January. Learn more about how it can be used.
By Piper Hutchinson
A committee tasked with hiring the next president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has advanced three candidates to be interviewed on campus next week.
COMMENTARY
By Ofronama Biu & Nicole Caridad Ralston
Too often, the economic benefits of New Orleans’ industries do not translate into opportunity or stability for those workers, particularly Black residents and women. This isn’t anecdotal, it’s backed by data showing persistent patterns of economic inequality that shape who gets ahead in our city.
D.C. DIGEST
Democrats push to rein in Trump immigration policy | States Newsroom
Trump dismisses affordability woes at Georgia rally | GA Recorder
NEWS FROM THE STATES
3 patients die after Medicaid mental health service are cut | ID Capital Sun
Court blocks redistricting vote, siding with GOP | VA Mercury
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