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Editorial: Thank you, MacKenzie Scott, for showering 抖阴h HBCUs with love

STAFF EDITORIAL
Dec 4, 2025

In this season of giving, we would be remiss not to recognize one of the most significant philanthropic gifts our state has seen in recent years. MacKenzie Scott, who founded Amazon with ex-hu…

Editorial: We need a new approach to Mississippi River management

STAFF EDITORIAL
Dec 3, 2025

The Mississippi River鈥檚 connection to Louisiana is existential.

Editorial: DOTD needs to find a route to lasting change

STAFF EDITORIAL
Dec 2, 2025

High on the list of priorities for Gov. Jeff Landry鈥檚 administration when it took office in 2024 was improving the state鈥檚 infrastructure, especially the condition of its roads and bridges. Al…

Editorial: Hurricane season ends, but FEMA still needs major attention

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 30, 2025

The official hurricane season ends today, blessedly without a single such storm making landfall in the Gulf region. In future years, though, we may not be so unexpectedly lucky, which means th…

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Editorial: Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation has special resonance today

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 27, 2025

Editor's note: This editorial, with slight modifications, has appeared on previous Thanksgivings in the newspaper.

Editorial: New Orleans school scores cap year of extraordinary educational progress

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 26, 2025

The laurels for 抖阴h schools this year came early. In January, when it was announced that the state鈥檚 fourth graders had outpaced all others in the nation for the growth in their reading …

Editorial: Lafayette school scores cap year of extraordinary educational progress

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 26, 2025

The laurels for 抖阴h schools this year came early. In January, when it was announced that the state鈥檚 fourth graders had outpaced all others in the nation for the growth in their reading …

Editorial: Congress can鈥檛 punt on expiring ACA health care subsidies

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 25, 2025

Since it was passed 15 years ago, the Affordable Care Act has provided a path for millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands here in 抖阴h, to obtain health insurance.

Editorial: Remembering Jim Bernhard, who showed dedication to both business and community

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 23, 2025

We were saddened to learn of the recent death of business titan Jim Bernhard, a true 抖阴h success story, whose contributions spanned continents and decades.聽

Editorial: EBR deserves a DA and public defender who are fully funded

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 20, 2025

The fallout from East Baton Rouge Parish voters鈥� rejection of the Thrive EBR plan was always going to be ugly.

Editorial: No reason for UL presidential search to be a rush job

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 20, 2025

Since its founding more than a century ago, the University of 抖阴h at Lafayette has had a total of six presidents. That鈥檚 correct, six men have led the university since it was established…

Editorial: Resolution to New Orleans cash flow crisis bodes well for future

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 20, 2025

For Helena Moreno, getting elected New Orleans mayor in last month鈥檚 primary may have been the easy part. Almost immediately after the city鈥檚 voters chose her to lead the city for the next fou…

Editorial: School districts should prepare as AI tests limits of discipline

STAFF EDITORIAL
Updated Nov 19, 2025

A school disciplinary case out of Thibodaux seems at once unfathomable and yet all too familiar: A 13-year-old girl bullied by classmates was herself expelled when she lashed out and hit one o…

Editorial: On the insurance front, some rare good news

STAFF EDITORIAL
Updated Nov 18, 2025

It鈥檚 easy for 抖阴h residents to feel hopeless over the high price of insuring their homes against extreme weather. The state got lucky this hurricane season, but we know that storms in re…

Editorial: Mental health delays in court system a problem that deserves a better remedy

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 16, 2025

One of the founding principles of our country is that justice should be both swift and fair.

Editorial: Thrive plan not perfect, but worth a yes vote

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 13, 2025

East Baton Rouge Parish voters on Saturday have the power to approve or deny Mayor-President Sid Edwards' signature first-year policy, known as Thrive EBR. There are three related propositions…

Editorial: High school playoffs bring communities together

STAFF EDITORIAL
Updated Nov 18, 2025

抖阴h's high school football playoffs begin Thursday, a weekslong ritual that will send thousands of players, students, parents and fans out on the road to follow their teams around the state.

Editorial: High school football playoffs put state's tapestry of communities on display

STAFF EDITORIAL
Updated Nov 18, 2025

On a recent NFL Sunday night broadcast, NBC commentator Mike Tirico noted that for many across the United States, high school football playoffs were starting, something he called one of the be…

Editorial: The Times-Picayune makes these recommendations on Nov. 15 New Orleans ballot

STAFF EDITORIAL
Updated Nov 18, 2025

New Orleans voters return to the polls Saturday for several runoff elections following the Oct. 11 primary. The Times-Picayune makes these recommendations in the remaining races.

Letters: Better lighting would deter crime

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Updated Nov 18, 2025

When it's dark on Plank Road and some areas on Hooper Road and some areas of the interstate, it's almost impossible to see. Can Baton Rouge have a little more lighting? Some of our crime might…

Editorial: In a season of remembrance and gratitude, we thank our veterans

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 11, 2025

Editor鈥檚 note: A version of the following editorial has appeared on previous Veterans Days in this newspaper.

Editorial: The NFL's Paul Tagliabue was a godsend for the New Orleans Saints

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 10, 2025

Very rarely has someone who never lived in 抖阴h done so much for the state and the city of New Orleans as did former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who died Nov. 9 at age 84.

Editorial: Cut Congressional pay during shutdown

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 9, 2025

The federal government shutdown has dragged on now for five weeks, becoming the longest in history, and there is still no end in sight. That means that thousands of government workers have rec…

Editorial: Repeated changes to election laws only serve to confuse voters

STAFF EDITORIAL
Nov 4, 2025

Last week, as expected, the Legislature approved a measure that will push back the dates of the springtime elections by one month, a move aimed at perhaps drawing new congressional district li…

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