Sunday Brunch

By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief

On this day in history in 1982, Argentina surrendered the garrison at Port Stanley to British forces, bringing the Falkland Islands War to an end after 74 days.

By Wes Muller

New Louisiana laws will establish stricter voter identification protocols and require election officials send every voter’s personal information to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Voting rights advocates worry the changes will impact residents who are less likely to carry a photo ID or driver’s license. 

By Julie O’Donoghue

A wide range of public education leaders and advocates, representing traditional systems and charters, expressed frustration with Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to shift $168 million from K-12 school operations to another round of teacher pay stipends. The overall reduction in school funding will affect classroom instruction and could lead to layoffs, particularly in rural areas with less financial reserves, they said. 

By Piper Hutchinson

Whether the University of New Orleans will retain its status as a research university after it rejoins the LSU system is uncertain, LSU System President Wade Rousse said. Rousse said restoring the UNO’s financial stability is a priority as it becomes LSU New Orleans on July 1. 

Mangroves are making a comeback across the world after decades of loss, thanks in part to warming temperatures. Louisiana could benefit from the spread of the rooty aquatic tree, which would provide unique protection against erosion in vulnerable coastal areas.

Local advocates are celebrating the approval of legislation aimed at addressing New Orleans’ long-standing problem of lead contamination in its drinking water, but voters statewide will need to approve the plan in the November election.

Louisiana officials have tightened restrictions on animals entering the state, with multiple cases of the flesh-eating parasite confirmed so far in the United States. Livestock are most vulnerable to the screwworm, though wildlife and pets are also susceptible.

As various officials and groups aim to use the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, with the help of a famed sitcom actor, turned the spotlight to a central tenet of U.S. democracy: religious freedom. 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.

With the large majority of students and educators already using widely available artificial intelligence tools, state lawmakers and school districts are playing catch-up on AI policies. And even as schools are being sold on AI products by numerous vendors, there’s a growing skepticism about its use in classrooms.

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