News Around the Pelican State – June 11, 2025
KOENIG: Time to End the Great Replacement in Louisiana
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“Historians will look back in stupor at 20th and 21st century Americans who believed the magnificent republic they inherited would be enriched by bringing in scores of millions from the failed states of the Third World. -Patrick J. Buchanan, Suicide of a Superpower The Great Replacement is here in Louisiana. We are now seeing the […]
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SADOW: Bill to Give GOP Leg Up in Constitutional Changes
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One of the most consequential bills of the Louisiana Legislature’s 2025 regular session – especially for reformers and Republicans – that has received no media attention now awaits the pen of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry to sign it into law. HB 625 by GOP state Rep. Rhonda Butler would expand the municipal/party primary election date […]
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ALEXANDER: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Prohibits REVERSE Discrimination, As Well
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In a unanimous (9-0) ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that Title VII specifically (and the Equal Protection Clause, generally) deems reverse discrimination in American society to be just as odious and intolerable as traditional discrimination. This holding is not only important because it again enshrines fundamental fairness and equality in our law, but it also prevents similar […]
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K-3 reading improves as La. continues early-literacy focus
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By Marta Jewson The Lens The number of Louisiana kindergarteners reading at or above grade level doubled during the 2024-25 school year, Louisiana Department of
Tulsa Mayor launches $105M Greenwood Trust to repair massacre legacy
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By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (Black Press USA) — On Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, Mayor Monroe Nichols, the city’s first African-American mayor, announced
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s purge made Black Women with stable federal jobs an ‘easy target’
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By J. David McSwane ProPublica In February 2020, President Donald Trump’s first education secretary issued a memo to employees emphasizing the department’s policy “to ensure
‘Time to move forward’: LPSB’s Hidalgo defends actions in light of ethics board decision
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In reaction to a decision by the Louisiana Board of Ethics prohibiting school vendors from sponsoring events at his Broussard bar, Lafayette Parish School Board member Jeremy Hidalgo defended his handling of the ethical conflict. “What matters is this — I didn’t hide, I didn’t wait, and I didn’t play games. I asked. That’s what […]
Girard Park pool opening delayed to June 23
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A failed pump has pushed back reopening of the Girard Park pool until at least June 23, Lafayette Consolidated Government announced Tuesday. The pool has not been open since 2019. LCG operates five pools through its parks department, but three have been closed for long stretches. Girard and the pool at the Martin Luther King […]
UPDATE: Flights resume at LFT
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Officials have blocked access to the Lafayette Regional Airport and shut down flights as law enforcement investigates a “suspicious package.”
Five months after Trump order, most federal agencies are using ‘Gulf of America,’ Mount McKinley
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The federal agency in charge of offshore oil and gas drilling announced Friday it will be rewriting its core regulations to replace all references to “Gulf of Mexico” with “Gulf of America.” The change by the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management is only the latest in a series of actions by federal agencies, and […]
Trump’s tariffs to stay in place while legal fight goes on, appeals court orders
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs can go forward while the administration fights to overturn a lower court’s trade decision that ruled the global import taxes unlawful, according to a U.S. appeals court order late Tuesday. The two cases filed by a handful of private businesses and a dozen Democratic state attorneys general will […]
What will the mass jailbreak mean for municipal elections in New Orleans?
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On May 16, 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Prison through a hole cut in the wall. Even though they ran in front of a security camera, they were not immediately seen escaping because the deputy in charge of watching the camera left his post to get some food. Six of the inmates are […]
Storm chances continue through the week
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Look for less overall coverage than we saw on Tuesday
Girlfriend of escaped New Orleans inmate Derrick Groves arrested: U.S. Marshals
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Officials with the U.S. Marshals have announced the arrest of a woman in connection with the investigation of the May Orleans Parish jail escape.
Entergy preparing power grid for storms
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Entergy and some city council members showcased work being done to enhance the power grid Tuesday, June 10.
Louisiana lawmakers vote to toughen immigration enforcement
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BATON ROUGE – Lawmakers passed two bills this week aimed at expanding the state’s role in immigration enforcement, joining states like Texas and Florida in helping the Trump administration crack down on undocumented immigrants.
One bill would require agencies to track the legal status of people using public services, and the other would criminalize interference with federal immigration operations.
The Legislature last year empowered local and state law-enforcement to arrest people on suspicion that they were undocumented immigrants. Gov. Jeff Landry signed that bill into law, and the two bills passed this week will now go to him for his signature.
The latest legislation comes amid growing national tensions over immigration policy. Protests broke out in Los Angeles this week in response to enforcement actions, and Trump hinted at invoking the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that might let the president to deploy the military domestically.
One of the new bills, Senate Bill 100, by Sen. Blake Miguez, R-New Iberia, would mandate that state departments–including Health, Education, Motor Vehicles and others–disclose whether individuals receiving services are “illegal aliens” or “unaccompanied alien children.”
Services covered under the bill range from healthcare and education to tax benefits and emergency assistance.
Agencies would have to report how many people in those categories they serve and the cost of those services.
The reports would be submitted annually to the governor, the attorney general and the Legislature and published online.
The bill also would require agencies to verify legal status, either through immigration documents or by using federal tools like the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system. Agencies that do not comply risk funding loss.
Senate Bill 15 by Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, would prohibit private individuals and public officials from obstructing federal immigration enforcement or civil immigration proceedings.
That would include refusing to cooperate with requests from agencies like the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, or failing to honor written detainer requests when releasing someone suspected of being in the country illegally.
The bill updates the state’s obstruction and malfeasance laws to cover immigration-related violations. Penalties range from six months in jail and a $1,000 fine to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.
More serious violations involving public officials could lead to felony charges and prison sentences of up to 10 years. The law would take effect Aug. 1.
If SB15 is enacted, Louisiana would be the first state to institute state criminal penalties for interfering with immigration enforcement efforts. Under current law, these issues are handled as a civil matter.
Both measures reflect Gov. Jeff Landry’s broader agenda to position Louisiana as a more active player in immigration enforcement, which echoes moves in the other Republican-led states.
Advocates against the legislation highlighted the negative impact the bills would have on immigrant families in the state.
Tia Fields, policy manager at the Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants, told the Louisiana Illuminator that the bills convey a “chilling message” and portray immigrant families as expendable.
2une In Previews: Zachary hosting its first Restaurant Week
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ZACHARY – We hope you’re hungry, because over 15 restaurants are participating in Zachary’s first Restaurant Week!
From June 8 to 14, you can try all of the best foods that restaurants in Zachary have to offer.
Each participating restaurant will have a three-course set menu for one price.
Participating restaurant and menus can be found here.
EBR Parish Prison employee arrested, fired after domestic violence arrest
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BATON ROUGE – Officials placed an East Baton Rouge Parish Prison employee on administrative leave and terminated her two weeks after her hiring following a domestic violence arrest.
Alezsha Evans, 31, was booked for domestic abuse battery and simple criminal damage to property.
Officials said the victim’s belongings were placed on Evans’ vehicle during an argument. The victim went outside to remove her belongings from atop the vehicle and put them in the trunk. Then, the victim told deputies that Evans followed behind her as she walked back to the apartment before Evans began choking her from behind.
Once inside the apartment, Evans struck the victim several times with a “black sex whip stick,” according to the affidavit. Deputies found photos and video of the incident.
Evans accused the victim of battering her as well, resulting in the victim’s arrest. Evans was hired May 28 and placed on administrative leave Sunday before being terminated.
US inflation steady at 2.4% amid tariff concerns, BLS reports
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As inflation holds steady, many economists anticipate potential price hikes in consumer goods in the months ahead as tariffs take effect.
Trump plans to phase out FEMA, shift disaster management to states
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In an effort to change disaster recovery funding, Trump says federal aid will be distributed directly from his office and suggests governors must be prepared to respond.
Nationwide protests erupt over immigration raids; Texas deploys National Guard
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As Los Angeles officials implement a curfew for the city’s downtown, other locales are preparing for a weekend full of protests.
Wednesday Weather Impact: Scattered showers prompt neutral ground parking
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NOLA Ready said neutral ground parking is allowed until 8 a.m.
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Sen. Cassidy, experts alarmed by RFK Jr.’s vaccine board shake-up
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On Monday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is replacing the entire board.
