Stephanie Grace: Sen. Cassidy gave us this RFK problem
(Column by Stephanie Grace, June 14) Give U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy credit for this: He usually doesn’t hide from questions. He invites them, in fact, and generally tries to make a […]
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Supreme Court should decide marshland lawsuit is all wet
(June 21) Louisiana parishes shouldn’t count on seeing money from lawsuits against oil companies any time soon. Indeed, they may never see the money — and they may not deserve it. […]
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LA congressional delegation should restore river study
(A version of this ran as an official Advocate/Times-Picayune editorial on June 15) Perhaps no state in the union faces as many and varied water-related issues as Louisiana does, and now its […]
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Groups promoting truly civil society deserve support
(June 19) Where, pray tell, is common ground? Almost everybody agrees that American politics, which always have been rambunctious, have devolved into such toxicity that civil conversations appear impossible. Every reasonable person […]
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Rep. Julia Letlow should welcome LSU presidency
(June 11) If U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow truly is in the running to be the new president or chancellor of LSU or the LSU system, as is rumored, then she really […]
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Ivermectin over the counter? Deadly dumb!
(June 4, 2025) The Louisiana state Senate today has one last chance to stop what is surely the single worst bill of this entire legislative session and, frankly, one of […]
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Senate must examine levee board leadership
(June 8) The Louisiana State Senate should not just rubber-stamp the appointment of Roy Carubba, the acting president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, to serve a full term […]
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No need for LA students to stop taking LEAP
(May 23) A state senator’s bill on Louisiana’s statewide student tests is well-intentioned but ill-advised. At best, it’s superfluous, and at worst, directly counterproductive. Senate Bill 246, by Mark Abraham, […]
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For most Americans, ‘No tax on tips’ is a great big gyp
(May 30) All the Republican members of Congress from Louisiana should explain why they are giving the economic equivalent of a middle finger to plumbers, nursing assistants, HVAC repairmen, graphic designers, […]
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Louisiana legislature messed up on big insurance bill
(May 28) State legislators failed to show enough spine to block or even improve a terribly misguided insurance-regulating bill, pushed by Gov. Jeff Landry, that will over-centralize overly arbitrary power […]
