Louisiana’s SNAP numbers drop, but not due to work requirements or citizenship

Louisiana has seen a drop in the number of people receiving SNAP food benefits over the past year. While the data doesn’t show precisely what’s driving the decline, it does show what’s not causing it.

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As Meta data center expands, advocates push harder for transparency • Louisiana Illuminator

Consumer, science and environmental advocates are pushing harder for transparency from Meta and the utility that will power its expanding Hyperion data center in Northeast Louisiana.

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2 years after ‘red mud’ escaped alumina refinery, LDEQ hasn’t penalized company

Two years after environmental regulators first documented 'red mud' waste from the Atalco alumina refinery escaping into public waterways, the state has yet to penalize the company.

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Meta data center pollution permit doesn’t account for all its emissions, Sierra Club says  • Louisiana Illuminator

An environmental group argues Louisiana officials did not account for all of the harmful emissions Meta’s data center in Richland Parish will produce when it approved the facility’s Clean Air Act perm...

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Budget for Louisiana watchdog agency more than doubles with new emphasis on waste • Louisiana Illuminator

The governor’s executive order on the initiative directs the inspector general to coordinate with federal partners to enhance fraud detection.

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A bureaucratic move could force Louisiana childcare sites to close their doors • Louisiana Illuminator

State funding was pulled but the children were not. Their parents still have jobs and obligations that depend on our doors staying open.

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Preserving vaccine progress depends strong, fact-based public policy • Louisiana Illuminator

National Immunization Awareness Month celebrates vaccines as one of the greatest achievements in public health. Vaccines have transformed diseases that once caused widespread illness, disability and d...

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A Louisiana law change will erase an ethics fine for just one person • Louisiana Illuminator

The Louisiana Legislature voted for a law change that benefits only one person, state Rep. Steven Jackson, D-Shreveport, by erasing a $1,000 ethics fine he faces.

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State Farm auto policyholders in Louisiana can expect a dividend soon. Here’s how much. • Louisiana Illuminator

We now know how much some State Farm auto insurance policy holders can expect to receive when the company sends out special dividends in the coming months.

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Louisiana moves to set up homelessness courts, with critics saying it won’t help • Louisiana Illuminator

Advocates and service providers for the homeless worry a new Louisiana law that criminalizes unauthorized sleeping outdoors will make it harder for people who struggle to find permanent housing.

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When families question a death investigation, getting a second autopsy can be complicated • Louisiana Illuminator

Independent autopsies have often emerged from a deep distrust of official systems — particularly in cases involving Black victims killed by law enforcement, where families have questioned whether inve...

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How Louisiana colleges will use an infusion of tax money for their sports programs • Louisiana Illuminator

Scholarships and budget balancing are the main ways athletics programs at Louisiana colleges plan to use their allotments of tax revenue

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Crisis pregnancy centers in Louisiana use ultrasound without government oversight • Louisiana Illuminator

Despite a new law, Louisiana has failed to establish a process for the crisis pregnancy centers to use ultrasound technology or to track how they spent public dollars.

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Feds pick Louisiana for potential nuclear campus

Louisiana is one of a few states the Trump administration wants to manage nuclear reactor manufacturing, fuel enrichment and waste disposal.

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These Louisiana K-12 school jobs won’t come with a state stipend this year • Louisiana Illuminator

Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to provide another round of temporary pay stipends to public school employees could exclude thousands of positions that previously received the pay bump.

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Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful • Louisiana Illuminator

A federal judge in Virginia ruled Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not sufficiently justify restrictions imposed in 2023 on a drug used to terminate early pregnancies.

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Measles cases have reached a 35-year high • Louisiana Illuminator

Measles cases this year have surpassed all of 2025 to become the worst since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.

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Alaska removes thousands from state’s active voter list, erroneously flagging some citizens | Alaska Beacon

DMV sent ‘old data’ to the Division of Elections, the Alaska's elections director said, but DMV says elections officials asked for it.

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Q&A: Richard Nelson, Louisiana Community and Technical College System president • Louisiana Illuminator

Nelson said he plans to entice more young Louisianians to pursue workforce training by opening a charter school that would allow high school students to attain credentials alongside their diploma.

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Flood of poll watchers, observers, monitors to descend on midterm voters • Louisiana Illuminator

Republicans argue that election integrity has been under assault for years and despite virtually no evidence, they maintain results in key state and presidential races were subject to fraud.

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Workforce Pell Grants are coming to Louisiana, along with strict requirements • Louisiana Illuminator

Students in Louisiana will soon be able to receive federal grants to take part in short-term workforce training programs

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Louisiana’s school teacher stipend plan tweaked - again • Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana school districts who give locally-funded pay increases of any size to teachers this year can now use them to offset state funding cuts they were supposed to receive.

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‘It’s not over’: Landry, Murrill tout consequences for New Orleans after AG indictment  • Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill said there will be fallout for New Orleans officials following now-rescinded criminal charges against Murrill.  Murrill and Landry said duri...

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‘There was NO crime’: Charges against AG Liz Murrill dropped

The special prosecutor in the criminal case against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has withdrawn all charges of intimidation and malfeasance.

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Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’ • Louisiana Illuminator

it will pivot away from programs that use particular evidence-based programming to reduce teen pregnancies — and some say the new language puts a greater focus on planning for pregnancy rather than pr...

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New Orleans leaders ask special prosecutor to drop charges against AG Murrill • Louisiana Illuminator

A possible truce in the months-long discord between state leaders and New Orleans officials emerged Tuesday when Mayor Helena Moreno, District Attorney Jason Williams and five city council members ask...

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Drawn out of congressional district, Cleo Fields will seek old La. Senate seat • Louisiana Illuminator

Fields, 63, would lengthen an already extensive career in politics should he secure his old state Senate seat.

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Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta quietly takes new job with Trump administration

Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta has quietly taken a new job with the Trump administration in his final term as state regulator.

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Brennan Center report predicts mass voter challenges likely in midterm elections • Louisiana Illuminator

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have been laying the groundwork for questioning the election process in state after state, as Trump has made “election integrity” the centerpiece of his...

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