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The number of Louisiana voters classified as inactive more than doubled during a matter of weeks last summer, according to a new analysis from the ACLU of Louisiana that also found the impact fell disproportionately on Black and Democratic voters across nearly every parish in the state. The report, released August 4 and authored by…
Former U.S. Senate candidate Nick Albares has endorsed Jamie Davis ahead of Saturday’s runoff election, giving Davis another public show of support from a former primary rival as the campaign enters its final stretch. In a video posted to Instagram, Albares reminded voters that Election Day for the runoff is Saturday, June 27, and said…
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno has endorsed Jamie Davis in Louisiana’s Democratic runoff for U.S. Senate, giving Davis another high-profile boost as his campaign works to close out the nomination fight and turn Democratic attention toward the fall. Davis announced the endorsement Monday in a social media post, framing Moreno’s support as part of a…
A new report from Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute connects Louisiana’s population decline to the state’s deeper failures on public health, maternal care, rural access and economic opportunity. Louisiana is not just losing people. It is losing people while struggling to keep too many of its remaining residents healthy, safe and economically stable. That is the…
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed Louisiana’s newest congressional map into law, locking in another dramatic rewrite of the state’s U.S. House districts after years of litigation, court orders, legislative reversals and voter confusion. Under the newly signed law, Louisiana Republicans have likely drawn themselves a 5-1 congressional map unless courts intervene quickly. That intervention is…
Louisiana voters on Saturday rejected the proposed constitutional amendment that would have cleared the way for the City of St. George to form its own public school system, delivering a decisive statewide rebuke to one of the most consequential school-secession efforts in modern Louisiana politics. With all precincts reporting in unofficial returns from the Louisiana…
Jamie Davis finished as the top vote-getter in Louisiana’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Saturday night, but he fell short of the majority needed to win the nomination outright, setting up a second party primary runoff. With all 64 parishes and all 3,722 precincts reporting, unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State showed Davis…
Gov. Jeff Landry ordered flags lowered for Martha Elizabeth Odom, the 17-year-old Lafayette student killed in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana. Let’s start where basic decency requires us to start: Martha Odom was a child. Her death was a horror. Her family deserves grief without spectacle, memory without exploitation, and space to mourn…
The legal fight over Louisiana’s suspended congressional primaries changed Monday night, but it did not end. The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order allowing its ruling in Louisiana v. Callais to take effect immediately, giving Gov. Jeff Landry and Republican lawmakers a stronger procedural argument as they rush to redraw Louisiana’s congressional districts before this…
A federal appeals court on Friday granted Louisiana’s request to reinstate a nationwide in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone, sharply limiting how patients can access one of the most common medications used in abortion and miscarriage care. The ruling from the New Orleans-based U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals does not ban mifepristone outright. But it…
Lindsay “Rubia” Garcia picked up a high-profile progressive endorsement this week from Baton Rouge activist and former U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers Jr., giving her campaign a fresh burst of visibility as Louisiana’s congressional elections remain caught in legal and political uncertainty. Garcia’s campaign announced the endorsement in a social media post featuring Chambers alongside…
Rev. Jesse Jackson died today in Chicago at the age of 84. If you’re looking for the neat version of American political history, Jackson is an easy footnote: two presidential runs, no nomination, no presidency. The kind of “historic” candidacy people praise after the fact precisely because it never has to win. That version is…
A recent federal court decision is shining a major spotlight on St. James Parish — and raising big questions about environmental justice across Louisiana, especially for communities near Baton Rouge. The Big News On April 9, 2025, a federal appeals court ruled that a civil rights lawsuit filed by Black residents in St. James Parish…
