+2 Quin Hillyer: Cassidy has Rx for medical cost squeeze BY QUIN HILLYER Jun 25, 2026 ¶¶Ňőh Sen. Bill Cassidy has six months left as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension. He is making the most of it, pushing what he calls his MVP Agenda: …
+2 Quin Hillyer: Shooting cats, back when 60 Minutes was for it BY QUIN HILLYER Jun 22, 2026 Back in 1993, 60 Minutes (and star Mike Wallace) bizarrely supported experiments that involved shooting cats in the head. U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston halted the experiments, and Wallace blasted h…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Supreme Court rightly shoots down gun-marijuana law, wrongful arrest BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Jun 18, 2026 In U.S. v. Hemani, decided Thursday, the Supreme Court rightly ruled that a law criminalizing mere gun ownership for anyone who smokes marijuana, even if the gun and pot are completely unrelat…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Legislature should probe levee board’s sea of troubles BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Jun 18, 2026 This week’s storm in the Gulf of Mexico should focus the state Legislature’s attention on the operations of Louisian’s most prominent levee board.
+2 Quin Hillyer: Wall around ¶¶Ňőh nursing homes begins to crack Quin Hillyer Jun 11, 2026 Credit state Rep. Stephanie Berault for having the temerity this year to take on the ¶¶Ňőh Nursing Home Association, a fearsome lobbying power in Baton Rouge. She didn’t win the day, but s…
Quin Hillyer: ¶¶Ňőh AG Liz Murrill brought home common-sense wins this legislative session BY QUIN HILLYER | Staff columnist Updated Jun 7, 2026 When state Attorney General Liz Murrill leaves aside her hardball political power plays, she can notch common-sense wins that benefit everybody.
+2 Quin Hillyer: Sensible ¶¶Ňőh district lines would benefit neither race or party BY QUIN HILLYER Jun 4, 2026 Amidst the racially charged arguments surrounding Louisian’s congressional districts, the reality is that the population distribution within Louisiana isn’t naturally conducive to either poli…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Is remedial ¶¶Ňőh education program actually a super-Star? BY QUIN HILLYER May 30, 2026 ¶¶Ňőh may have a great thing going with an education program called Star Academy, and I apologize for suggesting otherwise.
Quin Hillyer: City still shouldn’t count chickens from Wisner Trust BY QUIN HILLYER May 24, 2026 Imagine that for generations, your family has enjoyed a camp-house on land about which multiple documents say your family “forever” holds a 40% share, but the 60% owner claims you now own abso…
+2 Quin Hillyer: A ballot isn’t a telegram. It’s a job contract, not a â€message.’ BY QUIN HILLYER May 21, 2026 All too often in recent years, election results have instilled in this observer a deep sorrow.
+2 Quin Hillyer: All sides are wrong on redistricting. Congress can fix this awful mess. BY QUIN HILLYER May 17, 2026 The Supreme Court’s decision in the redistricting case of ¶¶Ňőh v. Callais did little to make the process any clearer. State legislators across the country are making things worse. But Con…
+2 Quin Hillyer: This ¶¶Ňőh man is on a mission to support Ukraine during war with Russia BY QUIN HILLYER May 14, 2026 Ukraine now may be turning the tide against Russia, but American interest in its noble cause seems to have waned. Now, through the charity called Razom, meaning â€together,” former former New O…
+2 Quin Hillyer: A pugilistic stance against Louisian’s inventory tax BY QUIN HILLYER May 10, 2026 Louisian’s business inventory tax puts the state at a major competitive disadvantage while harming small businesses. This logic, plus a personal vignette, show why Amendment 4 on the May 16 b…
+4 Our columnists react to Supreme Court’s ¶¶Ňőh redistricting decision, discuss implications May 8, 2026 Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued what will surely be a landmark ruling in the case of ¶¶Ňőh v. Callais, in which it declared the state’s current congressional district map unconsti…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Court and Gov. Jeff Landry made a messy election even messier BY QUIN HILLYER Updated May 6, 2026 The Supreme Court’s decision in the ¶¶Ňőh v. Callais voting rights/redistricting case created a mess for the state because absentee voting already had begun for the May 16 election. Gov. J…
+2 Quin Hillyer: From Star to GATOR, here’s how education funds should flow in ¶¶Ňőh BY QUIN HILLYER Updated May 1, 2026 An April 22 Wall Street Journal investigative report provides good reason for Louisian’s legislature to move some education money away from one controversial recipient, in favor of the LA GAT…
+2 Quin Hillyer: For wetlands, stop the lawsuits. Adopt a coastal fee instead. BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Apr 30, 2026 Plaquemines Parish, ¶¶Ňőh lost big when the Supreme Court threw out a $745 million judgment in its favor against Chevron for damage to Louisian’s wetlands. ¶¶Ňőh lost, too. Let’s stop…
+2 Quin Hillyer: In last stretch, Senate candidates should go positive, and local BY QUIN HILLYER Apr 26, 2026 Louisian’s three U.S. Senate candidates — incumbent Bill Cassidy and challengers Julia Letlow and John Fleming — should start emphasizing how their own conservative records show they can be c…
+2 Quin Hillyer: President Garfield is suddenly one cool cat BY QUIN HILLYER Apr 19, 2026 New Orleans native C.W. Goodyear’s 2023 biography of little-remembered president James Garfield helped revive interest in the assassinated leader. Now, “Death by Lightning,” a mini-series on G…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Trump lawyers were right to oppose Chevron lawsuit in ¶¶Ňőh. Here’s why. BY QUIN HILLYER Apr 17, 2026 When a unanimous Supreme Court handed a huge loss to ¶¶Ňőh lawyers in a lawsuit by Plaquemines Parish’s lawsuit against Chevron for long-ago wetlands damage, it was sending the message, ag…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Saints could learn from the Bible… and James Madison BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Apr 16, 2026 New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis could learn something for the NFL draft from a sort of conservatism possessed by American founder James Madison. The Bible’s Book of Ecclesiast…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Letlow stoops to embrace Means as surgeon general BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Apr 10, 2026 Louisian’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates are all bowing shamelessly to President Donald Trump, but Rep. Julia Letlow is winning the toadying contest. She is campaigning repeatedly in favo…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Joseph Cao reemerges as education policy maven BY QUIN HILLYER Apr 9, 2026 Former one-term U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao this year quietly took another public office, tapping his significant classroom experience to serve on the ¶¶Ňőh Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
+2 Quin Hillyer: In hiring Will Wade again as basketball coach, LSU wades into muck BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Apr 2, 2026 Basketball coach Will Wade, caught in a major cheating scandal, amply deserved to be fired by LSU four years ago. By rehiring him now, LSU gives the message that ethics and integrity play no r…
+2 Quin Hillyer: My dad, inducted into a Hall of Fame. What got him there? BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Mar 30, 2026 Saturday night the ¶¶Ňőh Political Hall of Fame honored eight new inductees — including my father, Haywood Hillyer III, who wasn’t even very well know by the public. How did this happen? W…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Four brand-new ¶¶Ňőh books, but just one degree BY QUIN HILLYER Mar 26, 2026 In ¶¶Ňőh, it’s not six degrees of Kevin Bacon, but one degree of close connection. Such is the case for four authors of new books: Bob Livingston, Fred Starr, Jason Berry, and Nancy Lemann.
+2 Quin Hillyer: Louisian’s John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy must reject Markwayne Mullin BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Mar 20, 2026 As demonstrated by Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Oklahoma GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin has a character that is “unfit” for the job of Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Lo…
+3 Quin Hillyer: Music experience will reverberate through Louisian’s culture and economy BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Mar 19, 2026 The ¶¶Ňőh Music and Heritage Experience signed an official letter of intent March 4 to build a spectacular new museum, live-music venue, and cultural educational center, in New Orleans. Th…