By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to what’s making news this Wednesday, starting with a major development on the reproductive healthcare front.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains plans to open a clinic later this year in New Orleans, where the facility pictured here was closed at the end of September 2025. (Greg LaRose/LAI)
By Greg LaRose
After the Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts led its two Louisiana clinics to close last fall, Planned Parenthood intends to open a clinic in New Orleans later this year and will expand telehealth services in the state starting later this summer. The Planned Parenthood Great Plains network will announce today it’s adding Louisiana to its coverage area that already includes Arkansas, Kansas, western Missouri and Oklahoma.
The Louisiana Department of Health is investigating the string of people who have tested positive for bacterial infection associated with drinking unpasteurized milk since April 23. (Getty Images)
By Elise Plunk
The Louisiana Department of Health is investigating a string of people who’ve contracted a bacterial infection associated with drinking unpasteurized milk since April 23. The milk came from three different raw milk operations in the state. State law does not allow retail sales of raw milk for human consumption.
Meta is building what would be the world’s largest data center in north Louisiana. (Meta rendering)
By Wes Muller
Gov. Jeff Landry has called on state regulators to not let utility companies “take advantage” of ratepayers after reports surfaced last week that Entergy Louisiana customers could see higher bills if the company buys a Texas power plant to meet the needs of Meta’s Hyperion data center.
By Piper Hutchinson
Gov. Jeff Landry has added more of his appointees to the LSU Board of Supervisors, ousting members picked by his predecessor. But there is also one notable holdover with a familiar name among Tiger fans.
By Nada Hassanein
Seventeen Republican attorneys general have sued California over a state law that requires plastic packaging producers to move away from single-use plastics, alleging that the law will raise costs for consumers across the country.
D.C. DIGEST
Cassidy votes to rebuke Trump for Iran war | States Newsroom
Bipartisan affordable housing bill heads to Trump’s desk | States Newsroom
Appellate court clears way for fast-track deportations | States Newsroom
NEWS FROM THE STATES
Sides clash over legality of abortion pill advertising | South Dakota Searchlight
Governor criticized for being ‘incredibly cozy’ with data center industry | Penn. Capital-Star
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