6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (130+ words) NOLA.com Regarding Will Sutton's column of Aug. 27, “Some in Louisiana say political violence can be justified, and that’s scary”: I too was appalled at the percentage of people who thought political violence was justified. I was with Sutton about…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (140+ words) NOLA.com Razor wire is seen along the perimeter of a yard, Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. I must congratulate Gov. Jeff Landry and some well-connected Louisiana businessmen for getting in on some of that $75 billion…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (381+ words) The Acadiana Center for Youth is pictured Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in Bunkie, La. The problems at Louisiana's juvenile detention facilities have been long documented. Yet the latest arrests of guards accused by young inmates of sexual abuse at the Acadiana Center…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (717+ words) Until last week’s SpaceX announcement, tech giant Meta was Louisiana’s new best friend. The company’s planned $50 billion data center investment in an out-of-the-way patch of farmland in northeast Louisiana has been touted as the kind of project that doesn’t just…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (947+ words) Immigrations Customs and Enforcement agents have arrived at the New Orleans airport for patrolling during the government shutdown on March 23, 2026. Cesar Lobo-Ramos longed to be deported. Arrested by immigration agents in 2024, the 38-year-old Honduran man caught a federal criminal charge…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (585+ words) California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey were among 29 states that sued the tech giant in 2023, but the deal cuts short the trial, which was expected to see CEO Mark Zuckerberg take the stand before a jury in federal court in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (301+ words) The sunset lights up the state capitol on Sunday, November 16, 2025 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ORG XMIT: BAT2511161825190066 Call it amusement, call it chicken poop; I call it shameful. The current city of New Orleans mayor and council are trying their best…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (713+ words) The exterior of "Camp 57," a new ICE detention facility on the grounds of Angola State Penitentiary. A Baton Rouge-based federal judge held U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in contempt Wednesday for violating an Ethiopian detainee’s due process rights as they…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (296+ words) Regarding the governor's aim to take over grants for the homeless from Unity of Greater New Orleans, many people don't understand how much work Unity puts into helping people. It's not just about a place to live. There are caseworkers,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1430+ words) Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Benton, center, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., left, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, depart following a news conference at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Washington. During the recent Legislative session,…...