by Editorial Staff | Jul 22, 2026 | Iberia Parish, New Iberia
For most of the restored New Iberia Police Department’s existence, its officers had no representative on the board responsible for their civil-service rights. That changed this week. On July 21, the New Iberia City Council ratified the election and appointment of Greg...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 14, 2026 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sunshine
The right to direct participation outlined in the Louisiana Constitution is built on a simple principle: taxpayers have the right to know how public bodies and officials are conducting business. That principle becomes meaningless if the government can hand public...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 14, 2026 | Lafayette, Sunshine, Youngsville
Just two days after Youngsville Chief of Police JP Broussard publicly praised his detectives for arresting alleged child predators, he reassigned the department’s only full-time criminal investigator—the same detective who had just filed a hostile work...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 6, 2026 | Lafayette, LCG
Here he goes again. On May 5, 2026, Lafayette City Council Chairman Kenneth “Comedy Hour” Boudreaux issued a press release celebrating a reduction in the number of Lafayette Consolidated Government audit findings. According to Boudreaux, the improvement...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 30, 2026 | Louisiana, Sunshine
Four years ago, we asked whether the government should build a surveillance dragnet before answering basic questions about privacy, accountability, and oversight. Four years later, independent security researchers are asking a simpler question: Did anyone ever inspect...