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A 3x3 grid of insect photos showing eight identical bees and one green beetle in the top right corner, symbolizing mistaken identity in scientific research funding.

This Ecologist Lost Her Grant for Studying Diversity—of Insects

The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch at Louisiana Tech University.
by Hannah Richter, Sierra Magazine November 4, 2025 Updated November 4, 2025

Louisiana will cover most SNAP recipients for November; Landry points the remaining 53k to food banks

Gov. Jeff Landry said his health department will find the money to cover $147 million in benefits next month for the elderly, disabled and children.
by Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator October 31, 2025 Updated December 5, 2025
Dominque Jones-Johnson sits at a table showing photos of her incarcerated father on her phone to a group of smiling young girls at the Daughters Beyond Incarceration headquarters in New Orleans.

When a parent goes to prison, a child pays the price

Louisiana spends too much of its budget on criminal justice while ranking low in healthcare, education, infrastructure, and economic wellbeing. We could redirect those resources.
by Dominque Johnson October 28, 2025 Updated October 28, 2025

Trump ‘regulatory relief’ to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states

Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of pollution, advocates say.
by Terry L. Jones for Floodlight October 28, 2025 Updated December 17, 2025

Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’

New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.
by Emily Sanders, ExxonKnews October 24, 2025 Updated December 17, 2025

Judge rules permit for LNG terminal in Cameron Parish ignored potential climate impacts

by Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator October 17, 2025 Updated December 17, 2025

New report ranks states on climate-related health risks, clean energy policies

Health care systems nationwide are vulnerable to extreme weather and climate threats.
by Nada Hassanein, Stateline October 16, 2025 Updated December 17, 2025

Louisiana cancels another major coastal restoration project

Gov. Jeff Landry scraps sediment diversion planned for Breton Sound marsh.
by Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator October 14, 2025 Updated October 14, 2025

‘I’ll fight for your rights like I fought for my own freedom’

Calvin Duncan, an uncommon man with an all-too-common story, is vying to become clerk of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court – and his campaign may have gathered enough momentum to draw fire from high-powered Louisiana officials.
by Katy Reckdahl October 10, 2025 Updated December 17, 2025

Alfred Marshall, a voice of experience

Marshall is one of the main forces behind the Oct. 11 charter amendment that would amend the New Orleans Bill of Rights to add “conviction history” alongside race, religion, disability, and gender.
by Katie Sikora for ANTIGRAVITY magazine October 10, 2025 Updated December 17, 2025

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