By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
It’s National Voter Registration Day. In Louisiana, you need to sign up 20 days before an election if you’re registering online — and 30 days ahead of time if you register in person or by mail. You can find more information on the process at the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Davis, left, speaks with Malachi Mays, vice president of Geaux Vote LSU, a nonpartisan student organization. The group invited Davis to its event Monday at the Manship School of Mass Communication. (Photo by Julia O’Donoghue/Louisiana Illuminator)
By Julie O’Donoghue
Tensas Parish farmer Jamie Davis, 55, faces Republican Congresswoman Julia Letlow of Baton Rouge in an uphill battle on Nov. 3. He went out of his way to remain “nonpartisan” in his remarks to the students. He never criticized President Donald Trump or brought up Letlow’s name, and he rarely talked about Republicans during the event.
By Jacob Fischler
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections. The unsigned, one-paragraph order did not decide whether the rule itself was lawful, but a majority of the court said the Democratic state officials and voting rights groups challenging the rule were likely to succeed.
Photo by Makenzie Huber/SD Searchlight
By Greg LaRose
A failed candidate for mayor in a small Louisiana town faces federal charges for allegedly helping a noncitizen to register and vote in her 2024 election. Bridget Johnson was indicted last week and her charges made public Monday when U.S. Attorney Todd Blanche publicized six arrests in three states related to voter fraud.
A permit request filed with the state would allow Lake Charles-based Gulf Coast Sequestration to construct two test wells and one drinking water monitoring well at the Project Goose Lake site in Calcasieu Parish. (Image courtesy of Gulf Coast Sequestration via La. Dept. of Conservation & Energy)
By Natalie McLendon | The Current
Despite a moratorium Gov. Jeff Landry issued last October in response to fierce backlash from his own rural constituents, carbon sequestration in Louisiana continues. Gulf Coast Sequestration intends to construct one drinking water monitoring well and two testing wells, followed by an CO2 injection well, on the border of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes. Earlier this month, residents spoke out against the project in the area at a public hearing.
By Jacob Fischler
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will revoke limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that run on coal and natural gas, according to regulatory documents Administrator Lee Zeldin signed Monday. Environmental groups and elected Democrats blasted the move, which would roll back regulations set by Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, for hastening climate change and increasing air pollution.
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