Two days after City Council President JP Morrell sharply criticized the Sewerage & Water Board executive director’s performance, and less than a week before the council gains sweeping new oversight powers over the utility, SWBNO used its official website to publish an unusually detailed account of Hayman’s career and accomplishments. On Monday afternoon, the Sewerage […]
Editorial note: The full press release is here. Congressman Troy Carter announced Friday that FEMA has granted New Orleans an extension until June 2, 2028, to complete remaining work under the Joint Infrastructure Recovery Request program, a major Hurricane Katrina recovery initiative tied to street, drainage, and infrastructure repairs across the city. The extension is […]
Special Report: How climate pressure is reshaping insurance, infrastructure, housing, and the city’s economic future. The latest climate warnings about Louisiana landed with the kind of force that has become increasingly familiar across south Louisiana. Maps showing disappearing land spread rapidly across social media and national news coverage. Headlines warned that entire communities along the […]
For decades, Republicans positioned themselves as the adults in the room when it came to fiscal policy. They warned about runaway spending, ballooning deficits, and the long-term dangers of passing debt onto future generations. That message became part of the party’s identity, so much so that “fiscal conservatism”, was a brand. That brand still exists […]
New Orleans talks constantly about supporting small businesses. Politicians praise entrepreneurs in speeches, economic development officials highlight local innovation, and city leaders regularly describe neighborhood businesses as the backbone of the local economy. But buried deep in Louisiana’s tax structure is a policy that quietly does the opposite. We tax the tools small businesses need […]
Education debt says a lot about the kind of country we choose to be. And it says just as much about how we treat states like Louisiana. Under President Joe Biden, student loan debt has been treated as a national challenge that demands fairness and reform. His administration expanded loan forgiveness and income-driven repayment because […]
Editor’s note: Congressman Troy Carter’s full statement can be found here. In a dramatic late-night vote to avert a prolonged government shutdown, a small but pivotal group of Senate Democrats joined Republicans to pass a short-term funding bill; and unfortunately, it’s one that excluded key Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credit extensions. The decision effectively […]
For over two decades, Antigravity Magazine has been a fiercely independent voice in New Orleans that has refused to conform to the mainstream political system or cater to polite sensibilities. It has been an outlet for radical honesty, artistic experimentation, and unapologetically progressive thought. Through its monthly issues, the publication offered arts coverage and album […]
Louisiana’s Republican delegation just made a devastating choice, voting to preserve massive tax cuts for the wealthy, while stripping health care from nearly 200,000 of their own constituents. With their support for Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed in the Senate on July 1 and expected to clear the House this week, Louisiana […]
The headlines might focus on drone strikes and diplomatic breakdowns in the Middle East, but the real aftershocks of a U.S. conflict with Iran could hit much closer to home — right here in New Orleans. For a city tied to the global oil market, tensions in the Strait of Hormuz can ripple all the […]
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