September 2025 Archive

Miscommunication from city officials about district boundaries causes confusion over fall election
By Aliana Mediratta Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — As revised New Orleans City Council district boundaries are set to take effect, miscommunication between local officials and lack of public voter education has left ...
Landry supports Trump’s push to send National Guard to Louisiana’s ‘war zones’
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The chances that National Guard troops will soon patrol Louisiana cities grew more likely this week when Gov. Jeff Landry voiced support for President Donald ...
DOJ is sharing state voter roll lists with Homeland Security
By Jonathan Shorman Contributing Writer (Stateline) – The U.S. Department of Justice is sharing state voter roll information with the Department of Homeland Security in a search for noncitizens, the Trump administration ...
La. puts high price on getting driver’s license back after losing insurance
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — More than 80 percent of the fines Louisiana collects from drivers come from when they have to reinstate their licenses for lapsed auto insurance coverage, ...
Trump intensifies campaign to rewrite American history
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (Black Press USA) — The Trump administration has intensified its campaign to rewrite how America tells its history, having set a deadline for federal agencies to ...
Landry doesn’t expect ‘anybody illegally to be working’ on Louisiana Hyundai project
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — In a defiant tone, Gov. Jeff Landry said nothing has changed about Hyundai Motor Group’s plans to open a massive $5.8 billion steel plant in ...
Medicare Health Insurance
Team Trump’s answer to ballooning Obamacare Premiums: Less generous coverage
By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider ...
SHAWN WYNN
After Plunge, Black students are enrolling at Harvard
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (Black Press USA) — Black student enrollment at Harvard Law School has rebounded. The incoming J.D. Class of 2028 includes 46 Black students, nearly returning to ...
Trump administration sued for using Ghana as ‘end-run’ around deportation protections
By Ariana Figueroa Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — A lawsuit from a civil rights group filed on September 12 accused the Trump administration of bypassing deportation restrictions on immigrants slated for removal ...
A demonstrator holds a sign protesting President Trump's proposed plans to deploy federal troops to New Orleans on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Photo by Jarrett Carpenter/Verite News
Protestors say National Guard deployment will hit Black and Brown communities the hardest
By Madhri Yehiya Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Dozens of activists gathered near Jackson Square in the French Quarter on Tuesday (Sept. 16) to protest the Trump administration’s reported plan to deploy National ...

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