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Congressman Carter Introduces Bipartisan Cannabis Bill to Provide Access to Lending Services, Investments, and Grants for State-Legal American Businesses

March 25, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) have introduced the bipartisan Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses (CLIMB) Act. This legislation will allow state–legal American cannabis companies, including small, minority, and veteran-owned businesses the ability to access critical lending and investment opportunities currently available to other domestic and regulated industries. […]

Call It What It Is The SAVE Act Is Voter Suppression

March 24, 2026

The SAVE Act is being presented to the public as a simple voter ID requirement, and that framing has allowed it to move forward without the level of scrutiny it deserves. Most people hear “voter ID” and assume something familiar and routine, like showing a driver’s license at the polls. That assumption keeps the conversation […]

Congressman Carter Calls for State Department to Bring Americans Stuck in the Middle East Home

March 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to help stranded Americans leave the Middle East and return to the United States. “No one should be left stranded in a time of crisis. The war in Iran is a […]

Culture Is Survival

March 3, 2026

An Ode to the Joy of Benevolent Societies Culture shapes survival long before policy or institutional change. It influences who participates, how trust is built, and how communities organize care. In Louisiana’s River Parishes, culture has never been ornamental. It functions as a cultural system that sustains communities. Music structured labor, preserved language, and […]

Statement on the Passing of Dr. Norman C. Francis from Congressman Troy Carter and DA Jason Williams

February 19, 2026

The death of Norman C. Francis marks the end of an era in New Orleans in education, moral leadership, public service, and the long arc of civil rights progress in Louisiana. For decades, Francis stood as a symbol of what steady, principled leadership could look like in a city often defined by turbulence. He was […]

Why LSU Football Shouldn’t Be a Stage for Partisan Politics

January 26, 2026

At a time when politics increasingly bleeds into every public space, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. chose not to ignore a moment that raised legitimate questions about boundaries, leadership, and responsibility. His response to a now-altered social media post by LSU football coach Lane Kiffin did not rely on outrage or partisan escalation. Instead, it […]

Dr. King’s Dream and the Nation We Are Becoming

January 20, 2026

Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the country performs a familiar ritual. Politicians issue statements, schools replay the same excerpts from the same speeches, and social media fills with carefully chosen quotes about judging character rather than color. The language is reverent, the tone respectful, and the message comforting. What is rarely acknowledged, however, […]

Louisiana Heads Back to Federal Court Over Ten Commandments Displays in Public Schools

January 16, 2026

Louisiana will return to federal court next week to defend a controversial law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, as the case moves before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc in New Orleans. The case, Roake v. Brumley, stems from a law passed by […]

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