By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
Some days as a journalist, you have to learn more about a topic than you really ever wanted to know. You can figure out which story I’m talking about below — and I suggest not reading it near lunchtime.
Spenser Heaps/Utah News Dispatch
By Julie O’Donoghue
Louisiana lawmakers now have a looming deadline to cast their vote on whether to shift $168 million from public school operations to another year of public school teacher pay stipends. Many Democrat legislative leaders haven’t made up their minds about how they will vote. They said they were waiting on more detail about what the impact of the school funding cuts will be.
A pinned specimen of a full-grown New World screwworm fly is shown in this image. Federal and state officials are preparing for a potential invasion from the flesh-eating parasite that could disrupt livestock markets. (Courtesy of Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
By Greg LaRose
The presence of the New World screwworm was confirmed last week in Texas, near the Mexican border. The U.S. Department of Agriculture initially reported a 3-week-old calf was infected, and four additional cases have since been confirmed. Livestock are most vulnerable to the screwworm, though wildlife and pets are also susceptible.
Buddy Spell stands at an intersection in Pearl River where St. Tammany Parish residents set up a signing location Sunday, June 7, 2026, for the recall of Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill. The group protested President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement in early 2026. (Robert Stewart/Verite News)
By Robert Stewart, Verite
Back in January, three protesters were arrested in Pearl River where they had rallied against its police department’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. With those charges still pending, a group of progressive St. Tammany residents were back in town Sunday to collect signatures for the recall of Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill.
By Jonathan Shorman
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow states to access federal citizenship data by June 30 and plans to monitor the flow of mail ballots for signs of voter fraud, according to a court document. Democrats and voting rights advocates oppose the directive as unconstitutional election meddling by President Donald Trump and have sued to stop him.
COMMENTARY
By The Conversation
Driven by rapid growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cryptocurrency, data centers have become the backbone of the modern digital economy. But though their key role is in enabling virtual and remote experiences, data centers are physical buildings in real communities around the nation and the globe.
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