August 2025 Archive

A Louisiana absentee ballot request form.
Louisiana redesigns its absentee ballot envelopes
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana has redesigned its absentee voting envelopes with larger print and easier-to-read instructions, Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced on Wednesday, August 20. They will ...
THE SOUL REBELS
Live music boosts New Orleans recovery after Katrina – note by note!
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Soon after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures, trumpeter, vocalist and composer James Andrews performed at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. ...
DAVANTE LEWIS
Regulators approve energy plan for massive Meta data center in north Louisiana
By Tristan Baurick Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — State regulators on last Wednesday (Aug. 20) authorized a controversial plan to power a massive Meta-owned data facility in northeast Louisiana – a project poised ...
"From the moment they have our addresses, the fear starts to grow," said the undocumented Metairie mother, pictured August 18, 2025, about the state's new immigration laws Photo by Christiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight Local/Report for America
New immigrant tracking laws take effect in La.
By Bobbi-Jeanne Misick Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Two new Louisiana laws that require some state agencies and higher education systems to collect and share data on undocumented migrants are now in effect ...
Trump wants states to stop mail-in voting
By April Ryan Contributing Writer (Black Press USA) – “There’s no reason to set the clock back, simply because Vladimir Putin gave him some political advice,” said Donna Brazile, former head of ...
Is relief on the way for drivers…
Auto insurance costs are notoriously high in Louisiana. One rideshare driver, sitting in her luxurious Land Rover, reflects this sentiment, noting, “My car insurance costs as much as my car ...
Fissures in democracy widen
In the United States of America, the electorate is sovereign. The nature of our constitutional republic mandates that the voters decide their leaders, and only the most extraordinary circumstances of ...
The dark side of white America
By David W. MarshalI TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan once said, “None of us is born to hate; intolerance is taught and can be untaught.” In March 2015, then-House Speaker ...
King Trump’s takeover!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist He’s sent in more National Guard members – something he refused to do when his buddies he told he loved them trashed our Capitol and ...
Louisiana legislators asked to hold dates for special redistricting session
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Legislature is considering convening a special session for congressional redistricting this fall in anticipation of a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on ...

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