by Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 2025 | Elections, Sunshine
Today, the Louisiana Legislature convened for its fourth special session of the term, the first of 2025. With the Cleo District now awaiting a decisive ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, the state is bracing for a pivotal legal and electoral moment. If the high court...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 2025 | Louisiana, Sunshine
In October 2025, Louisiana’s Legislative Auditor released a progress report that should have shaken the state’s health bureaucracy. Nothing registered on the Richter scale, but the findings should have. The report revealed that the Department of Health (LDH) had spent...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 14, 2025 | Beauregard, Carbon Capture, Louisiana, Sunshine
As our nation approaches its 250th anniversary next year, it’s worth recalling the words of Thomas Paine. In 1776, his pamphlet Common Sense warned of a truth that remains as alive and relevant today as it was then: Government, even in its best state, is but a...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 13, 2025 | Abbeville, Louisiana, Sunshine, Vermilion Parish
It’s October — the time of year when one of the major networks invariably airs the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz. However, in Abbeville, Louisiana, the road to public utilities isn’t paved with yellow bricks. It’s lined with code violations. At the end of that...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 2, 2025 | Baton Rouge, Legislature, Louisiana, Sunshine
Public officials are proposing a bold new vision for Baton Rouge: a $400 million LSU arena to replace the aging Pete Maravich Assembly Center and serve as the centerpiece of a vibrant entertainment district. The project, they say, will transform Baton Rouge into a...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 15, 2025 | Sunshine, Youngsville
The pattern of retaliation inside the Youngsville Police Department has taken an even darker turn. On the morning of September 10, 2025, Officer Hannah Gentry resigned from the department. Within mere hours, YPD officers were dispatched to her new workplace — not to...