NEW: Federal officials have not yet made public the list of hazardous materials present at Smitty's Supply Inc. after last month's explosion and fire. The EPA says that doing so might reveal “confidential business information.” @wesmuller.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/24/e...

Louisiana is among states sharing their voter rolls with one another, but Sec. of State Nancy Landry has yet to say if such information will be shared with the Trump administration, as the president has demanded. From @kansasreflector.com @lailluminator.com lailluminator.com/2025/09/23/r...

Utility companies just got their grades from an environmental group’s annual report card on whether they generate clean energy and provide affordable power. In Louisiana, @eplunk.bsky.social reports the results might paint a rosier picture than reality reflects. lailluminator.com/2025/09/24/c...

UNO should become ‘LSU New Orleans,’ according to LSU's interim president. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports he says it's critical to ensure the university's future success when it returns to the LSU System.  lailluminator.com/2025/09/23/u...

Trump attacked the U.N. as a body numerous times throughout his speech, including for what he claimed were a faulty escalator and teleprompter. @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/09/23/r...

A new study estimates that in eight states – including Louisiana – the number of people buying subsidized insurance would drop by at least half if Congress doesn't extend provisions of the Affordable Care Act. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/09/23/r...

State officials have begun testing seafood from the Tangipahoa River and Lake Pontchartrain for potential contamination after the Smitty’s Supply explosion and fire last month. lailluminator.com/briefs/testi...

Cameron Parish will receive a sizable grant to help rebuild its vanishing marshlands, state officials announced. @eplunk.bsky.social reports the money comes from the Deepwater Horizon settlement. lailluminator.com/briefs/deepw...

"OZYMPIC-BROKE": Expenses have surged for Louisiana’s public worker health insurance plans as more people are prescribed GLP-1 drugs for diabetes. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports costs have climbed even though the drug's popular use for weight loss isn't covered. lailluminator.com/2025/09/19/l...

Sen. Bill Cassidy says "it may be impossible to learn who's telling the truth" in clash between RFK Jr. and former CDC director Susan Monarez. She told senators today she was fired for resisting Kenendy's anti-vaccine policy. @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/17/r...

Louisiana university leaders say they've struggled to punish college students for hazing following enactment of state law in 2024 that requires them to follow a standard of evidence more common to criminal proceedings. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/17/l...

Another Louisiana resident has died from contracting flesh-eating bacteria, the state health department confirmed Tuesday. lailluminator.com/briefs/flesh...

Gov. Landry said nothing has changed about Hyundai's plans to open a $5.8B steel plant in Donaldsonville, even after an immigration raid on the South Korean company’s facility in Georgia sparked outrage back home. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/16/g...

LOUISIANA REACTION: Political leaders from Louisiana are reacting to the death of ultra-conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot Wednesday afternoon during an event at a Utah university. lailluminator.com/2025/09/10/l...

Louisiana has failed to provide oversight of public money given to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers over the past year, as required by state law. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports the state will more than double the money it gives to each center. lailluminator.com/2025/09/09/p...

MORE DETAILS on who picked up the cost of the free travel provided to Gov. Jeff Landry, who disclosed $13,540 in complementary work-related treks in a deal to drop ethics charges against him. @greglarose.bsky.social & @jsodonoghue.bsky.social report: lailluminator.com/2025/09/05/e...

A Louisiana environmental group plans to file a citizen-led federal lawsuit against Smitty’s Supply for the contamination of land and waterways from the recent explosion at a Tangipahoa Parish industrial facility. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/05/l...

NEW: The LSU Board of Supervisors voted Friday to dramatically increase the salaries of two top members of its athletics department while the rest of campus faces new austerity measures. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/05/l...

NEW: Black Louisiana state lawmakers want a state judge to force Attorney General Liz Murrill to resume defending the state’s congressional districts currently being challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/05/b...

DEVELOPING: The state ethics board has dropped charges against Gov. Jeff Landry for free travel a donor provided him in 2021 and fined him $900 for failing to disclose additional flights. @greglarose.bsky.social & @jsodonoghue.bsky.social report lailluminator.com/2025/09/05/e...

Bill Cassidy and other senators sparred with RFK Jr. over his anti-vaccine moves and removal of a CDC director after one month on the job. @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/09/04/r...

Scientists see promise in a ‘pulsing’ alternative to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, but Louisiana's coastal czar says ‘It ain’t gonna work’ @eplunk.bsky.social reports. @agwaterdesk.bsky.social @reportforamerica.bsky.social lailluminator.com/2025/09/04/s...

AG Liz Murrill will challenge a Supreme Court ruling that found the death penalty unconstitutional for persons under 17. @greglarose.bsky.social reports she wants to execute a convicted killer who was a week away from turning 18 when he murdered an LSU student. lailluminator.com/2025/09/04/l...

51 ICE detainees are already being housed at "Camp 57" at Louisiana’s Angola prison, with room for up to 416. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports from the state penitentiary ... lailluminator.com/2025/09/03/i...

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow says she won’t seek LSU leadership job. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports the university will not split the president and chancellor roles. lailluminator.com/2025/09/03/l...

A panel from the typically conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeal rules that President Trump can’t use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans. @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/09/03/r...

INVESTIGATION (1/2): LSU doesn't document feedback from most of its student athletes, including football players, raising concerns about the university’s compliance with NCAA rules on exit interviews. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports in partnership with/ Tiger Rag lailluminator.com/2025/09/02/l...

DEVELOPING: LSU’s law school dean to step down, the latest in a string of Black administrator to leave campus this year. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/briefs/lsu-l...

FEMA earned plenty of fault for its Katrina response, but now some officials find themselves defending the agency that President Trump wants to eliminate. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social talks with state leaders about the agency's troubled past and future. lailluminator.com/2025/08/29/k...

DEVELOPING: Sen. Bill Cassidy wants the CDC's vaccine advisory panel to postpone its September meeting amid turmoil over President Trump firing the center's director. @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/08/28/r...

The New Orleans region has improved access to health care in the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, but outcomes in are largely unimproved. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/08/28/k...

Louisiana has started the process of evaluating new voting systems to replace its outdated machines. Meanwhile, President Trump, who's doubled down on false election fraud claims, wants to ban voting machines and mail-in ballots. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/08/27/l...

BREAKING: Two new deaths from flesh-eating bacteria linked to eating Louisiana oysters. @eplunk.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/08/26/l...

Louisiana is among the states that's being warned by the U.S. Dept. of Health to strip gender references from its sex ed curriculum or lose funding. Shauneen Miranda reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/08/26/r...

SPECIAL REPORT: Once considered a compliment, "resilient" now irks New Orleanians who survived and rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. @eplunk.bsky.social reports on the fatigue that's set in amid continued infrastructure issues and unrealized recovery visions. lailluminator.com/2025/08/26/k...

The Louisiana Dept. of Children and Family Services needs to better scrutinize the amount of money it pays to foster care vendors, especially transportation and “sitter” services, according to a recent state review. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/08/25/l...

Child in north Alabama has measles, says Alabama Department of Public Health, @alabamareflector.com reports alabamareflector.com/2025/08/25/c...

Funding from Facebook is helping to pay for a $100 million solar project that otherwise would have cost power companies too much to build. @scdailygazette.com reports scdailygazette.com/2025/08/25/m...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided ruled non-unanimous jury verdicts unconstitutional in 2020. But for Lloyd Gray — and hundreds of other Louisiana prisoners — that hasn’t changed anything. @richardawebster.bsky.social reports for @veritenews.org & @propublica.org lailluminator.com/2025/08/25/s...

Wetlands in the New Orleans area damaged by the now defunct Mississippi River Gulf Outlet are a step closer to getting a much-needed restoration, though officials have yet to secure the money needed for the extensive work. @eplunk.bsky.social reports: lailluminator.com/briefs/corps...

NEW: After 40 years, the annual "cruise" that collects data from the Gulf's "dead zone" faces challenges to stay afloat, potentially undermining decades of research @eplunk.bsky.social reports for the @agwaterdesk.bsky.social lailluminator.com/2025/08/21/c...

Homeland Security Secretary Krisit Noem visits southern border, says Trump wants border wall painted black. @sourcenm.com reports: sourcenm.com/2025/08/19/u...

The Legislature is considering a special congressional redistricting session this fall in anticipation of a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, but some lawmakers say it would be premature. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/08/20/l...

UPDATE: The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted to approvean unprecedented project from Entergy Louisiana to supply a massive amount of power for a single customer – Meta. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports: lailluminator.com/2025/08/20/e...

NEW: A Texas judge has temporarily blocked a new state law that would have required Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms starting Sept. 1. From @texastribune.org www.texastribune.org/2025/06/26/t...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that had planned to upgrade the emergency alert system in Louisiana. @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/08/20/r...

With a local search firm leading the process, LSU Board Chairman Scott Ballard said he hoped the university's new president could start at the beginning of next semester. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports r,https://lailluminator.com/2025/08/19/lsu-hires-louisiana-firm-for-presidential-search/

Fast-tracking a vote originally expected to happen in October, the La. Public Service Commission plans to decide Wednesday whether to approve an Entergy power plant for Meta's giant data center in NE Louisiana. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports: lailluminator.com/2025/08/19/m...

The leader of a Louisiana nonprofit that coordinates organ transplants says it has transformed from one of the nation’s lowest ranking organizations of its kind to one of the best in less than two years. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports: lailluminator.com/2025/08/17/l...

WINNER! The Louisiana Illuminator receives a national Edward R. Murrow Award for its reproductive health reporting. Reporter @lorenaoneil.com and Editor @greglarose.bsky.social worked on this project supported by @pulitzercenter.org lailluminator.com/2025/08/14/i...