Louisiana Illuminator

19/12/2025

Louisiana leads the nation in natural gas exports, but a consumer group says that trend will lead to higher electric bills.

Prices have steadily risen for natural gas throughout 2025, for residents and industry alike, and Louisiana finds itself at the center of the boom. A nation-leading three liquified natural gas export facilities operate along its coast, and five more in the construction or planning phases.

09/12/2025

State documents show a contractor has recovered dozens of oil-covered and injured animals after the Smitty’s Supply Inc. environmental disaster in Tangipahoa Parish. Several others were found dead on site or later died from their injuries.

A spokeswoman for the Center for Biological Diversity called the report “deeply troubling.”

08/12/2025

Louisiana’s next surgeon general is a Baton Rouge physician who RFK Jr.'s chose for a panel that’s implementing his anti-vaccine policy recommendations. Dr. Evelyn Griffin has also aligned herself with Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s stances on the COVID-19 vaccine and abortion.

Louisiana’s next surgeon general is part of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s panel that’s implementing his anti-vaccine policy recommendations.

25/11/2025

It’s a coyote, kind of, with bigger ears and longer legs that have adapted to live among the tall wetland grasses. They have evolved to cope with manmade changes to their environment thanks to their genetic connection to the red wolf, a species declared extinct in the region around 40 years ago.

A new kind of creature is making its home where the prairies of Southwest Louisiana turn into brackish coastal marshes.

21/11/2025

NEW INVESTIGATION: State officials recently prioritized reducing wait times for calls into Louisiana’s child abuse hotline, but achieving that resulted in hundreds of reports to its online portal going unhandled for days.

State officials recently prioritized reducing wait times for calls into Louisiana’s child abuse hotline, but achieving that resulted in hundreds of reports to its online portal going unhandled for days. They included “Priority 1” incidents, involving serious risk or harm that require immediate...

21/11/2025

Starting next year, hundreds of Louisiana officials will be able to sue private citizens, businesses and government entities for not removing their basic biographical information from the internet.

Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers approved a new law earlier this year allowing a wide swath of public officials to bring lawsuits against those who don’t take down online posts with officials’ personal-identifying information if they request it.

21/11/2025

A group of Louisiana residents is suing Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration over state laws that allow the acquisition of private property against landowners’ wishes for pipelines transporting carbon dioxide.

18/11/2025

CLOUDFARE CRASH: Our "Morning Look" email is delayed today as a result of ongoing issues with Cloudfare servers that have impacted websites worldwide. We'll send it out once the problems have been resolved.

18/11/2025

COMMENTARY: Why did it take an environmental disaster for officials to finally act against a business with an established track record of wiping its feet on regulations meant to curb pollution?

Why did it take an environmental disaster for officials to finally act against a business with an established track record of wiping its feet on regulations meant to curb pollution?

17/11/2025

BIG BUCKS BUYOUTS: The Illuminator and Tiger Rag have obtained public records from LSU that detail how much has been spent on exit payments for ex-coaches and an athletics director. While they're not taxpayer dollars, the resources going to these former employees are still public money.

LSU has paid more than $43 million to buy out the contracts of its coaches and athletics department leaders over the past decade and soon might be on the hook for more than $53 million more.

14/11/2025

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13/11/2025

Millions of gallons of oily water and spilled petrochemicals from the Smitty’s Supply fire and explosion have been handled at three different sites, but state officials have granted an emergency request to bring some of the liquid and solid waste to a Jefferson Parish landfill.

Oily water and spilled petrochemicals from the Smitty’s Supply explosion have been handled at three different sites, and state officials have granted an emergency request to bring some of it a Jefferson Parish landfill.