A Message From President James T. Genovese

I hope you are enjoying a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend.

Lt. Gov. writes President about imported radioactive shrimp

In response to recent reports of radioactive shrimp imported from Indonesia being sold in Wal-Mart stores across the South, L.t Gov. Billy Nungesser sent the attached letter to President Donald Trump and Louisiana’s Congressional delegation renewing his call to enact a ten-cent per pound seafood...

Holding lawmakers accountable: LABI score card, voting guide

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) released its 2025 Scorecard, an annual voting guide that tracks where lawmakers stood on issues impacting Louisiana’s business community, ranging from education and civil justice reform to energy and tax issues.“Louisiana is done with ‘good...

President’s proclamation grants exemptions for EPA hazardous emission standards

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation July 17 that granted facilities exemptions from pending changes to the EPA’s Hazardous Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HON NESHAP) which is a rule that would impose stricter regulations on certain chemical manufacturing...

VA Medical Centers in Louisiana cities to get infrastructure upgrades

The Department of Veterans Affairs will realign an additional $800 million this fiscal year as part of the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program, which makes infrastructure improvements to health care facilities to ensure safe and effective patient care.The extra...

U.S. Senators visit Japan, South Korea to bolster national security

Combat Veteran and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years and is a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)—and U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (DNJ) are leading a Senate delegation to South Korea...

The Newfoundland Hero

In the winter of 19071908, Prefect of Police Louis Lépine employed dog auxiliaries to patrol the lonely beats in and around Paris, France.

All Y’all

A Southern Writer’s View of Then and NowAccording to Merriam- Webster, a colloquialism is “a local or regional dialect expression.” Another definition?

Hamas to blame for Gaza’s woes but wants Israel to get blame

Hamas started a war, rejected a ceasefire and stole and profited from humanitarian aid, and we are supposed to believe that it’s all Israel’s fault.International attention is focused on food shortages in Gaza, with the blame and the pressure — as always — on Israel to do something about it.It is...

Artificial Intelligence will be beneficial in the oil and gas industry

Louisiana has a longstanding history of pioneering the oil and gas industry.