Help me explore Louisiana!
(Dec. 21) It soon will be time for a road trip. And, dear readers, I need your help. Louisiana has so much to offer, so many attractions and unique cultural treasures […]
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Louisiana lawmakers stand up for Medicaid patients
(December 17) After trying to attack the messenger, Gov. Jeff Landry capitulated both to legislators and to common sense on Dec. 16 by reversing his administration’s reckless cancellation of a […]
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EDITORIAL: FEMA merits major attention
(This was an official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, Nov. 30) The official hurricane season ends today, blessedly without a single such storm making landfall in the Gulf region. In future […]
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La. benefits from Trump’s moves on black gold and black coffee
(Nov. 20) President Donald Trump is spectacularly mercurial in economic policy decisions, but for now, Louisiana is benefiting from his latest policy effusions. Indeed, the state’s economy received two major boosts […]
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T-P Editorial: Stop the tariffs on Brazil!
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Oct. 8) Now that better relations are percolating between President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva, Louisiana’s legislative delegation should urge […]
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Louisiana is over-reliant on federal largesse
(Oct. 9, column as published, here, on how Louisiana gets more of its budget from the federal government than any other state does.) Full column, earlier version: Louisiana state government […]
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RIP, Louis Lambert: Lessons from Louisiana in 1979
(Oct. 2) Reporter Tyler Bridges’ excellent Sept. 28 news obituary for longtime Louisiana politician Louis Lambert brought back a flood of memories. It also served as a reminder that tiny amounts of […]
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Wrong Beauregard, wrong place
(August 17) To change the names of places or to remove historic statues or memorials is almost invariably an enterprise fraught with controversy. Some of us take more neutral, case-by-case approaches […]
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Another reason Louisiana in particular is well set for Medicaid reforms
(Aug. 3 print edition) Good news: Louisiana is better situated than almost every other state to implement new work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps. Still, at an individual level, […]
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Barataria diversion is shelved, but coastal restoration continues
(A version of this ran as an official Advocate/Times-Picayune editorial, July 27) As this newspaper long has supported the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, we lament the news that the painstakingly planned coastal-restoration […]
