By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
It looks like Southeast Louisiana will see a close miss from Hurricane Isiais, which forecasts place making landfall to our east around the Alabama-Florida line. Let’s continue to stay vigilant.
The Louisiana Democratic Party has endorse Antonio Wilson of Tallulah for Congress in the 5th District after initially choosing state Rep. Pat Moore of Monroe for the seat. (Photo by Julie O'Donoghue/Louisiana Illuminator)
By Julie O’Donoghue
More details have emerged behind the Louisiana Democratic Party’s decision to rescind its original endorsement for the open 5th Congressional District seat. After first giving its official support to state Rep. Pat Moore of Monroe, the party is now backing Antonio Wilson of Tallulah.
A boat travels near the Cypress Cove Marina in lower Plaquemines Parish, where a coastal restoration project looks to revitalize wetlands that were damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator)
By Elise Plunk
Fishermen and property owners in lower Plaquemines Parish are optimistic about a plan for how to rebuild lost wetlands at the Mississippi Delta, though state officials still need to line up more than $150 million to pay for the project.
Louisiana has seen enrollment in its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program drop since the implementation of new rules regarding qualifying recipients and purchases over the past year, according to federal data. (Photo by McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)
By Halle Parker | Verite News
After President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act more than a year ago, enrollment in the federal food assistance program dropped rapidly across the nation as states enforced new restrictions and prepared to take on more of the costs. Louisiana saw one of the most precipitous declines.
By Jonathan Shorman
The Department of Homeland Security weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups in its sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports.
By Tim Henderson
A perfect storm of harsh immigration enforcement, aging journeymen and a building boom for data centers is wreaking havoc on the nation’s supply of skilled trade workers. Automakers and construction contractors say they need more access to workers through accelerated training, steady immigration and a cultural shift to encourage young people to do the hard, dirty work of skilled trades.
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