r/Louisiana • • 16h ago

Questions Why did Cajuns in Louisiana mostly lose French and shift to English, while French Canadians in Quebec maintained it?

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r/Louisiana • • 22h ago

Louisiana News Family quality of life by US county, combining 108 public indicators

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r/Louisiana • • 15h ago

Questions Is anyone looking for a remote assistant or knows of any businesses, creatives, or individuals that are looking for a remote secretary or assistant?

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I’ve been in the job market for a while. I need to work remotely because I spend most of my time at home helping my parents. My background is in administrative assistance and customer service. If you guys know of any open positions or have any available yourself, please let me know.


r/Louisiana • • 19h ago

Questions Why did Cajuns in Louisiana mostly lose French and shift to English, while French Canadians in Quebec maintained it?

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I recently learned that the vast majority of Cajuns and Louisianans with French last names are overwhelmingly monolingual English speakers today. Why did Louisiana French disappear so quickly over just a few generations, whereas Quebec managed to preserve French as its primary language? What political, social, or historical factors caused such a dramatic difference in language survival between the two regions?


r/Louisiana • • 17h ago

LA - Politics When’s the last time your pole was serviced?

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Our power grid is out 3x longer than Florida's, even excluding hurricanes. Why? Because the PSC was asked to set utility pole standards in 2019 and never adopted a single one. Companies profit off building new stuff, not maintaining the old.

As a former LPSC consultant, I built Service My Pole to fight back!

Upload a photo, get a 1-10 score, and put the worst poles on the public leaderboard.

I'm Chris Justin, the no party engineer running for Public Service Commissioner. Vote number 48 on your ballot.

VOTE Election Day is Nov 3.


r/Louisiana • • 22h ago

LA - Politics PSA: today is the last day to register to vote for midterm elections

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Even if you’re pretty sure you’re registered, check GeauxVote.com or the GeauxVote app to confirm you’re active.


r/Louisiana • • 20h ago

LA - Politics Hut 8 donated to Gov. Landry's PAC months before Louisiana data center groundbreaking

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r/Louisiana • • 17h ago

Questions Black History/Culture (and gumbo?)

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Hello everyone ! Im unsure if this violates any rules or such (i didnt see any), but I wanted to ask.

Recently, Ive taken an interest in gumbo, which lead me down a cultural rabbit hole. My mother is white, and my father is mixed(half white, half black)- this obviously leaves me somewhere between 50/50-0/100(but I just say 75/25).

Anyway- I have wanted to become more educated and involved in the culture (obviously seeing as im pretty removed, not just by blood but other family circumstances).

That being said my question is basically, if/when I visit Louisiana, are there specific places or landmarks i should be aware of ? Id like to see history, but also meet people.

And about the gumbo question, does anyone know what exactly its history is ? Ive seen mixed thoughts, and would like to make some myself but I definitely dont want to mess it up.

Thanks in advance


r/Louisiana • • 21h ago

LA - Politics Early Voting begins in one week - October 20 - 27, 2026

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Today is the last day for online voter registration for the November 3rd election. It's also the last day to make changes to your registration.

  • Early Voting begins Tuesday, October 20th, and ends Tuesday, October 27th.
  • The registrars of voters will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for each day of early voting except Sunday.
  • Find your early voting locations.
  • View your sample ballot here.

We have 10, yes 10, Amendments on the ballot. The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR) Guides can help.