March 2025 Archive

LaDOTD says its moving to address bridges vulnerable to vessel strikes
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A federal agency has determined 68 bridges nationwide, including eight in Louisiana, are vulnerable to vessel strikes that could have catastrophic consequences — and local officials ...
Many people with disabilities risk losing their medicaid if they work too much
By Tony Levs Contributing writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that ...
Color of Change urges caution for Black taxpayers
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (BlackPressUSA.com) — As the April 15 tax filing deadline approaches, Color of Change Executive Director Portia Allen-Kyle is urging Black taxpayers to be on high alert ...
Federal court invalidates Gulf oil drilling lease
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — In a legal setback for fossil fuel advocates, a federal court has invalidated a large offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of ...
Trump loves the poorly educated
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist After he won the Nevada Republican caucuses in 2016, the current president crowed his victory. “We won with young. We won with old. We ...
Now that things are crystal clear!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Not so long ago, nearly everybody except 92 percent of Black women pretended they didn’t know what Project 25 was. They did that ...
The epitome of dishonorable
Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush must be rolling in their graves so consistently – horrified by that to which their party’s national security apparatus has been reduced – that ...
Love when it counted
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist The first Black female Republican Congresswoman passed away last week at the age of 49. Mia Love began her public life as a neighborhood activist who got ...
Global protests being planned for April 5
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (BlackPressUSA.com) — Tens of thousands of people in the United States and around the world are preparing to take to the streets on Saturday, April 5, ...
Youth gun deaths in the US have surged 50 percent since 2019
By Amanda Hernandez Contributing Writer (Stateline) — Firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by 50 percent since 2019.

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