By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to September on this Tuesday morning, when Southwest Louisiana is waiting to see what Tropical Storm Edouard brings.
According to the Louisiana Democratic Party’s leader, former Gov. John Bel Edwards is unfairly targeted by proposed Amendment 4 on the Nov. 3, 2026, which would prevent any governor that serves more than one and half terms from seeking office again. (Jonathan Peterson/LAI)
By Julie O’Donoghue
The amendment would only prevent former Govs. Bobby Jindal and John Bel Edwards from running for office again because all other former Louisiana governors are deceased. The legislator who authored proposal said he hopes it will allow “new blood” to enter the upper echelons of Louisiana politics.
Grambling State University hosted a symposium Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, on name, image and likeness issues at Louisiana colleges. (Piper Hutchinson/LAI)
By Piper Hutchinson
Athletics and campus administrators from Louisiana colleges convened last week to tackle one of their biggest challenges: How to deal with the downstream financial effects in the new era of paying student-athletes. Their growing need for athletics donors has not translated to increased fundraising, so colleges are now diverting money from other areas previously covered through philanthropy
A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. (Jon King/Michigan Advance)
By Anna Claire Vollers
The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding and staff at several public health agencies, and prompted questions about whether those changes have made consumers more vulnerable.
By Liam Niemeyer
Liz Murrill has joned other Republican attorneys general asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower federal court’s decision that upheld more stringent air pollution limits established under the former Biden administration. In 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency lowered the amount of allowable soot pollution arguing it would prevent thousands of premature deaths and save billions in health-related costs
By Kevin Hardy
More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, following a recent federal law. Now, as schools gear up for a new term, a portion of those children could be at risk of losing free meals — viewed as crucial supports for both childhood hunger and classroom learning.
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