Medicaid reforms are OK, and Cassidy saves Louisiana
(July 10, print edition) There is much to like and plenty to dislike about the misnamed “Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law on July 4, but the fearmongering about its provisions […]
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T-P/Advocate editorial: Court messed up redistricting
(Official Advocate/Times-Picayune editorial, July 1) In the seemingly interminable turmoil over Louisiana’s congressional district shapes and boundaries, the U.S. Supreme Court left Louisiana in limbo last week. Rather than issuing a decision […]
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Will Sutton: Only Clarence Thomas had wisdom on redistricting
(Column by my colleague Will Sutton, July 6) The U.S. Supreme Court kept millions of Louisianans — and millions more across the nation — waiting for one of the most […]
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George Will: Supreme Court messes up redistricting case
(By George Will, originally in the Washington Post, July 2) Sixty years ago this summer, Congress enacted the nation-transforming Voting Rights Act. Soon, however, Congress and a deferential Supreme Court, by […]
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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 should not make homestead exemption even bigger
(May 15) The homestead exemption may be politically sacrosanct in Louisiana, but that is no good reason to make it even bigger. The state House Ways and Means Committee has advanced […]
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Why Louisiana should cut its sales tax
(April 13 print edition) In Louisiana, sales taxes are way too high. They need to come down. By most measures, Louisianans pay the highest sales taxes (state and local combined) in […]
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J. Bennett Johnston served state and nation well
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, April 1 print edition) Former U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, who died March 25 at age 92, was a significant player on national policy and […]
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Editorial: Fight against nitrogen executions should continue
(Official Times-Picayune/Advocate editoria;, March 23) The execution last week of Jessie Hoffman Jr. marked the end of a 15-year-long stretch in which the death penalty was on the books in […]
