New Orleans’ housing crisis has gotten dramatically worse since Cantrell took office in May 2018. Read moreClancy DuBos: Mayor Cantrell issues a 10-year housing plan at long last
As it turns out, the size of the teachers’ and judges’ stipends is not the only disparity. Read moreClancy DuBos: Six Louisiana justices force money grab on other judges, the law be damned
It's an insult to lawmakers and citizens. Read moreClancy DuBos: Landry and Grigsby want a do-over for their constitutional ruse
'We weren't going to sit on our hands,' said Helena Moreno. Read moreClancy DuBos: New Orleans tries end-around state’s ‘permitless’ carry law
Clarkson genuinely enjoyed the most difficult part of public service — the service part. Read moreClancy DuBos: Farewell to Jackie Clarkson, a gracious yet effective politician
Cantrell notched a new level of bizarro on June 18 when she declined to show up for a court hearing on her own request for a restraining order. Read moreClancy DuBos: In New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s world, losing achieves ‘overall objective’
For years, major sporting and cultural events have bullied host cities into suppressing free speech and other fundamental rights via so-called 'clean zone' ordinances. Read moreClancy DuBos: New Orleans' ‘clean zone’ ordinances need major cleaning
Women, children, teachers, and the LGBTQ community lost at almost every turn. Read moreDa Winnas & Da Loozas 2024: Louisiana Legislature takes a sharp right turn
The good people of Louisiana deserve better than to be blamed for Landry’s excesses. Read moreClancy DuBos: Jeff Landry’s ‘mandate’ claim is his Big Lie
It's strange to see Mayor LaToya Cantrell lambasting state Sen. Jimmy Harris for a bill addressing the city's drainage problems. Read moreClancy DuBos: Mayor Cantrell wrong to question Jimmy Harris’ effectiveness
As the session’s clock winds down, parts of Landry’s agenda have stalled in the Senate. Read moreClancy DuBos: Senate’s independent streak a needed guardrail
What Landry is selling is noxious to any notion of governmental transparency. Read moreClancy DuBos: Revised records bill still a turd sandwich
Sonnier said it’s disappointing that 'the young children of Louisiana are first on the chopping block.' Read moreClancy DuBos: Louisiana's budget process is a roller coaster for state’s most vulnerable
It’s not too late to turn the tide, but time is short. Read moreClancy DuBos: Speak up now, or live with Jeff Landry’s power grabs
NOPD’s Special Victims Division is severely under-resourced and understaffed. Read moreClancy DuBos: We need accurate sex crime and domestic violence stats from NOPD
State lawmakers are trying to obliterate the Louisiana Public Records Law. Read moreClancy DuBos: Will Louisiana become the place where ‘democracy dies in the dark’?
The proposed eight-week convention leaves little time for public input or even serious debate. Read moreClancy DuBos: Jeff Landry’s proposed constitutional convention looks nothing like the last
Gov. Jeff Landry promises change, but little of his legislative agenda addresses state's real problems. Read moreClancy DuBos: Landry continues to steer a hard-right course, and he’s not alone
Now that Louisiana lawmakers have created a second majority-Black congressional district, voting rights advocates are hoping the Legislature will create a second majority-Black state Supreme Court district. Read moreClancy DuBos: State Supreme Court districting more muddled than ever
Louisiana consistently ranks among the nation’s deadliest states from gun violence. Read moreClancy DuBos: Louisiana concealed-carry bill opens Pandora’s box of potential abuses
If Damon Runyon had wanted to create Louisiana’s unlikeliest political columnist, he couldn’t have done better than James Gill. Read moreClancy DuBos: Farewell to New Orleans columnist James Gill — a friend, mentor and legend
Where Louisiana's at in the re-districting fight. Read moreClancy DuBos: Redistricting cases could again upend Louisiana’s political landscape
Eddie Sapir led the City Council through the uncharted aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Read moreClancy DuBos: Eddie Sapir was a masterful retail politician who got things done
New Orleans has less than 900 police when it needs closer to 1,400. Read moreClancy DuBos: Sending State Police won’t solve NOPD’s cop shortage, but it’s a start
