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Announcing the Louisiana Illuminator, a nonprofit newsroom launching 6/23 to shine a light on the Bayou State.
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DEVELOPING: Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a state budget proposal that would cut public school teacher pay and reduce the number of early childhood education seats available next school year.
@JSODonoghue
reports:
#lalege
#laed
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Some schools across Louisiana will soon receive free “In God We Trust” signs to hang in their classrooms, though the designs might not be what some state lawmakers had in mind when they passed the new mandate.
@WesleySMuller
reports.
#lalege
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We stand behind our reporting.
Correction:
@IlluminatorLA
ran a story yesterday that wildly mischaracterizes many aspects of our election integrity legislative package. The piece engages in irresponsible hyperbole without providing any evidence to support its claims.
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BREAKING:
#SCOTUS
rules Louisiana must redraw its congressional districts to add a second minority-majority US House seat. More to come…
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The Real Name Campaign is on its way to protest the
@realDonaldTrump
fundraiser in Ole Metairie
#Election2024
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Multiple news sources, including
@thehill
&
@washingtonpost
, report Louisiana and 14 other states opted out of summer food assistance for children. We're looking into when & why this decision was made.
#lagov
#lalege
#FoodSecurity
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Revenge is a dish
@LouisianaGov
serves in a veto. Lawmakers who opposed lifting the state spending cap have their pet projects pulled from the budget,
@JSODonoghue
reports.
#lalege
#lagov
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An order of nuns wants to build a community solar plant in New Orleans, but pesky city regulations are getting in the way of helping low-income families save money on their power bills.
@WesleySMuller
reports.
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LSU scrubs diversity statement from website, renames inclusion office.
@ByPiperHutch
reports videos from speaker series on racism have also been pulled.
#LSU
#lalege
#lagov
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COMMENTARY:
@jmollerLBP
with
@InvestLouisiana
says the rushed convention proposal is “a grotesque overreach that doesn’t give ordinary citizens nearly enough time, information or input into what is being done in their name.”
#lalege
#lagov
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Some veterans are complaining that medications being sent to them through the U.S. Postal Service haven't been reaching them on time.
@ltgrusselhonore
, who's shown in the embedded video, is one of them. via
@IlluminatorLA
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Jeff Landry initially trumpeted when his office exposed Medicaid fraud, but he's been silent when companies contributing significantly to his campaigns have agreed to pay millions in settlements over fraud allegations.
@JSODonoghue
reports:
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DEVELOPING STORY: More details released for Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to rewrite the Louisiana Constitution.
@JSODonoghue
reports:
#lalege
#lagov
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A new study found that Louisiana’s private school voucher tax credit is siphoning money from public education and serving as a tax shelter for the wealthy rather than encouraging charitable donations.
@WesleySMuller
reports.
#lagov
#lalege
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.
@LouisianaGov
vetoed a tax break for the oil and gas industry that lawmakers passed in October. It would have cost the state over $38m.
#lalege
#lagov
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And we're live
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Just days before a large explosion and release of pollutants at the Dow Chemical plant in Plaquemine last month, the state let the company forgo paying hundreds of thousands in fines for a decade of alleged permit violations.
@WesleySMuller
reports:
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Rep. Mandie
@votelandry
has filed two special session bills. One excludes judicial races from closed primaries, and the other would all registered voters to cast ballots by mail.
#lalege
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DEBERRY: COVID-19 is spreading to Whiter, more rural parts of Louisiana because Black deaths in New Orleans weren’t seen as a warning. by
@jarvisdeberry
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@LouisianaGov
asks
@AGJeffLandry
why he professes not to know what a "face covering" is when there's a sign outside the AG's office that reads, "STOP -- Face Coverings MUST be worn in this building..."
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Louisiana Lt. Gov.
@BillyNungesser
, a Republican, says that transgender restrictions under consideration by the Louisiana Legislature will have a "negative impact" on the state's tourism and hospitality industry if they become law.
#lalege
#lagov
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The Covington father and son arrested for taking part in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot have to relinquish their firearms as a condition of their bail. They made their first court appearance today.
#January6th
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UPDATE:
@RepJasonHughes
wants to require Louisiana accept the federal summer food assistance that
@LaGovJeffLandry
's administration turned down
#lalege
#lagov
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Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would allow local governments to hide most, if not all, of their business and financial records from the public.
@WesleySMuller
reports:
#lalege
#lagov
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DEVELOPING: It's turns out the La. Dept. of Education chose to decline summer food assistance for children, but there's still a shrinking window to sign up qualifying students.
@GregLaRose
reports:
#lalege
#lagov
#laed
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MUST READ: Domestic violence shelter funding cut in
@LAGovJeffLandry
's budget plan, while prison, state police dollars increase.
@JSODonoghue
reports
#lalege
#domesticviolence
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Anyone who plans a protest that disrupts traffic could face harsher punishment under a proposed law under consideration in Louisiana.
@WesleySMuller
reports
#lalege
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REVEALING DATA: Promises of jobs at "Cancer Alley" petrochemical sites are typically out of reach for the people of color who live nearby,
@tjonesreporter
reports for
@FloodlightNews
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COMMENTARY: Gov. Landry has doubled down on his demagoguery, calling on chairs Louisiana's 4 public college & university systems to require student-athletes stand tall for the anthem or lose their full ride.
#LSU
#lalege
@TBob53
#kimmulkey
#angelreese
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Mississippi didn’t ratify the 13th - abolishing slavery - till 1995. And didn’t submit the necessary documentation till 7 years ago.
Louisiana didn’t ratify the 19th Amendment until 1970. Seriously. (U.S. National Park Service)
#lalege
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Louisiana public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments under legislation that advanced Thursday from committee, despite a limited history of such displays passing muster with the U.S. Constitution.
@GregLaRose
reports
#lalege
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Rep. Dodie Horton & Sen. Adam Bass are presenting a bill to require the Ten Commandments to be posted in schools. Alongside them is an attorney from the Pacific Justice Institute, which the SPLC considers a hate group for its anti-LGBT stances.
#lalege
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The La. House has approved a bill that would require K-12 schools and colleges to display the Ten Commandments in the classroom, provided the posters are donated.
#lalege
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Legislation to benefit insurance companies found widespread support in a Senate committee after only one member questioned why the state would help the industry instead of drivers and homeowners.
@WesleySMuller
reports.
#lalege
#insurance
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Dow Chemical’s plant in Plaquemine has had 10 emergency incidents since 2019 that resulted in unauthorized releases of pollutants,
@WesleySMuller
reports. State records show half involved the unit that was the site of a July 14 explosion.
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Trump visiting Scalise in the hospital was reported by the AP, USA Today, CNN, Politico, US News, Axios, NBC, CBS, ABC, The Washington Post, The New York Times, etc. Who, exactly, is "the media" that hasn't told that story?
The media won't tell you this story:
@realDonaldTrump
was one of the first people to visit me in the hospital the day I was shot by a leftist gunman. He consoled my wife & took care of my family.
He cares about people. It's why he fights every day for the forgotten men & women.
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Assessor’s records also show Sheriff Mark Wood’s mother received a homestead exemption for eight years after her death.
@FrancesMadeson
reports:
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Senate adjourns without Republicans proposing more help for the unemployed. via
@IlluminatorLA
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Louisiana universities look to add paid family leave after
@LouisianaGov
extends benefit to state workers,
@ByPiperHutch
reports
#lagov
#lalege
#laed
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Landry notes the “thin-blue line” version of the American flag lining walkways leading to the Capitol on Inauguration Day. It’s a sign of police unity, although critics have labeled it a symbol of white supremacy.
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A La. Senate committee killed a proposal to extend Medicaid for postpartum women from 2 mths to 12 mths. It said the proposal -- $4m to $5m in state funding annually - was expensive.
Same committee approved over $70m worth of pet projects in the budget.
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Editor
@jarvisdeberry
referring to "Katrina: A History" by
@andydhorowitz
: "One of the biggest of the bad decisions was Louisiana celebrating the arrival of Big Oil just like Troy celebrated the arrival of that big horse."
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A Rep. Charles Owen bill in committee today would permit over-the-counter sales of ivermectin, which doesn't have that designation from the FDA. Presenting the bill for Owen, Rep. Beryl Amedee says ivermectin has been "deemed as safe as Tylenol."
#lalege
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Did you miss our podcast this week?
@JSODonoghue
interviewed
@RobAnderson2018
, Democratic candidate for Congress in Louisiana's 3rd District. (Anderson is running for the seat that U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins holds.)
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The Louisiana House has given final approval to a bill that would treat all 17-year-olds charged with felonies as adults in the criminal justice system.
#lalege
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** BREAKING **:
@LouisianaGov
calls a special session to deal with Louisiana's homeowners' insurance crisis. It will convene at noon Jan. 30 and end no later than 6 p.m. Feb. 5
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“Alcohol is not the cause of rape,” the statement from
@staradvocates
said. “Perpetrators use alcohol as a weapon to facilitate rape."
#LSU
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Last year, Marathon laid off 1,920 workers across the U.S. despite taking $2.1 billion in federal tax benefits meant to cushion the pandemic’s blow to the economy. 45 workers in Garyville were let go.
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What election fraud are you referring to,
@SteveScalise
? Seriously, if you know of serious and specific instances, we'd love for you to tell us.
🚨🚨 YouTube just announced they'll start taking down videos about 2020 election fraud.
Big Tech wants to silence conversations that might hurt their Democrat friends.
Enough. Time for some big changes.
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COMMENTARY: Rep. Beryl Amedee claimed approved COVID vaccines can't be found in La..
@GregLaRose
found them available, same-day, 3 miles from her office. It's one of 6 false claims he facts check from debate over a bill to end vax mandates.
#lalege
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DEBERRY: America promised to learn lessons from Hurricane Katrina, but the events of 2020 say otherwise via
@IlluminatorLA
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CORRECTION; By our unofficial count, 15
@bluerebootla
candidates won seats last night on the
@LaDemos
State Central Committee, 41 ran unopposed and 50 were defeated. Thanks
@davidnoedscc
for the info 🫡
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.
@SouthernU_BR
's leader calls on the governor,
#lalege
to close the system's $1B+ funding gap w/LSU. Both are land grant institutions, a designation created to ensure the gap doesn't exist.
@ByPiperHutch
reports:
#LSU
#laed
#HigherEducation
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Editor Jarvis DeBerry gives the context to the Illuminator's launch and tells readers what they can expect from the site:
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Landry belongs to an association that helped lead, finance and organize the right-wing rally on behalf of President Donald Trump that ended with a violent attack at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. via
@WesleySMuller
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BREAKING: The
@LADeptHealth
cites
@SWBNewOrleans
for drinking water testing violations, as the result of an
@IlluminatorLA
@FOX8NOLA
investigation. No word yet on criminal consequences for employees involved. via
#nola
#lagov
#lalege
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NEW: Louisiana legislators plan to give millions more in public money to anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers and to funnel all those dollars through a single, to-be-determined nonprofit organization.
@JSODonoghue
reports:
#lalege
#AbortionBan
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Campaign finance records filed this week show that the party received more than $90,000 in donations from utility companies, energy producers and their executives.
@SaraSneath
tracked where the $$$ went for
@DeSmog
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UPDATE: The latest on a saltwater intrusion in the lower Mississippi River that's threatening the drinking water of nearly 900,000 Louisiana residents.
@GregLaRose
reports from New Orleans.
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BREAKING: Forecasted saltwater intrusion dates for Algiers' & Gretna's water intake have been pushed back from late Oct. to Nov. 23 and 26, respectively. Salinity levels are now not expected to surpass the health risk threshold at the Carrollton intake or for East or West Jeff.
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Louisiana moves to make ivermectin available over the counter.
@GregLaRose
reports.
#lalege
#Covid
#Ivermectin
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Woody Jenkins, a former state rep and current director of gov't affairs for Treasurer John Fleming, testifies in favor of a bill to establish a gold & silver depository — and is reminded, as a state employee, he cannot take stances on legislation.
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The
@EPA
has dropped its civil rights investigation into "Cancer Alley" facilities polluting neighboring Black communities. Now those residents want action from the federal gov't,
@tjonesreporter
w/
@FloodlightNews
reports.
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Ultra-conservative lawmakers target Louisiana libraries as culture war rages on.
@ByPiperHutch
reports:
#lalege
#libraries
#books
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The only Louisiana lawmaker taking part in a White House meeting with dozens of Democratic state legislators on gun violence prevention is
@votelandry
#lalege
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NEW: Gov.elect
@JeffLandry
has selected a former Louisiana health secretary charged by a state grand jury with lying under oath to serve on his Health Care and Hospitals Advisory Council.
@JSODonoghue
reports:
#lagov
#lalege
#Election2023
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A Louisiana Senate panel signed off on a bill Wednesday that would essentially rewrite Louisiana public records law by exempting nearly every record at all levels of government from public scrutiny.
@ByPiperHutch
reports:
#lalege
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In August,
@SteveScalise
blasted
@SpeakerPelosi
because she used "domestic enemies" to describe Trump and his enablers trying to suppress the vote. Those enemies stormed the Capitol yesterday, and editor
@jarvisdeberry
says Pelosi was spot on.
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The La. House of Representatives approved a nearly $48 billion state budget plan that cuts public school teacher pay, even after several legislators vowed to make the educators’ previous hike permanent this year.
@JSODonoghue
reports:
#lalege
#laed
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“Parents send children to us and we owe them to keep them safe. We educate them, but you cannot educate them from the intensive care unit,” said one of several LSU professors urging the Board of Supervisors to allow teachers to opt in to remote teaching
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W/ billions in incentives, taxpayers in Louisiana & other states have supported dozens of plastics manufacturing facilities. Many have repeatedly exceeded legal limits on air pollution release into surrounding communities.
@SaraSneath
w/
@DeSmog
reports
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The
@louisianasenate
approved a proposal Monday to limit children’s access to
#library
material.
@ByPiperHutch
reports the vote took place without any lawmakers voicing opposition to what up until now has been a controversial proposal.
#lalege
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BREAKING news on REDISTRICTING: The U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alabama's request to stay redistricting decision. This could open the door for a 2nd majority Black congressional district in Alabama. via
@ALReflector
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“This bill addresses a problem that does not exist,” Katie Schwartzmann with
@Tulane
#1stamendment
Law Clinic said. “Our state obscenity and material harmful to minors laws already protect children from inappropriate sexual content.”
@PiperHutchBR
reports
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Sen. Katrina Jackson marks National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day with message that includes "thin blue line" flag, which has been co-opted as a white supremacy symbol. The flags were also featured at
@LAGovJeffLandry
's inauguration.
#lalege
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EXCLUSIVE: A company promised 100 high-paying jobs in Jefferson Parish.
@WesleySMuller
reports now it’s offering just 13 jobs at half the pay.
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Pelosi said the investigation will encompass any members of law enforcement, security or even Congress who may have been “accomplices to the insurrection” or “aided and abetted the crime.” via
@WesleySMuller
&
@jarvisdeberry
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Louisiana is one of 15 states that were excluded from a federal summer meal assistance for children,
@statesnewsroom
reports.
#FoodSecurity
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Heartbreaking 💔
Happy
#MardiGras
from Washington, D.C. — where this dish is being served in the cafeteria of the U.S. House of Representatives and called “Red Beans and Rice.”
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Louisiana State Sen. Fred Mills is the target of national conservative activists after bucking Republican trends and voting to kill a proposed ban on gender-affirming healthcare for
#transgender
youth. But
@ByPiperHutch
reports he’s not worried about it.
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BREAKING
VETO OVERRIDE FAILS: On a 67-29 vote, the house has failed to overturn
@LouisianaGov
’s veto of Rep.
@raymondcrewsla
’s bill prohibiting school employees from using trans students’ preferred names or pronouns unless they have parental approval.
#lalege
#lagov
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This bill would protect people from discrimination in any form because of “natural hairstyles and protective hairstyles,” including afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrow braids, Bantu knots, and curls,
@JC_Canicosa
reports
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The biggest cheer yet during Gov.
@JeffLandry
's inauguration is his mention of "indoctrination" in his pledge that education won't take place "behind mothers' backs."
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For the first time ever, a report has been published that details the men, women and juveniles that died while incarcerated in Louisiana: the state that leads the country and world in the percentage of residents it incarcerates,
@JC_Canicosa
reports
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The
@PowerCoEJ
,
@NAACP_LDF
and the Louisiana Conference of the
@NAACP
got a pretty significant victory from U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick today.
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GOP legislative leaders push for Louisiana to join a federal summer food program for needy children, even after Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration and Ed Supt. Cade Brumley declined to participate months ago.
@JSODonoghue
reports:
#lalege
#FoodSecurity
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More than 5,500 pages of complaints were released to the Louisiana Illuminator in response to a public records request to
@AGJeffLandry
.
@PiperHutchBR
has read all of them.
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Hospitals are so jammed in Louisiana, you might not be able to get that recommended heart bypass surgery, and if your cancer's at an early stage, that surgery may have to wait, too. via
@IlluminatorLA
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A House committee advanced Rep. Mike Bayham's bill to prohibit K-12 teachers from taping a student's mouth shut as a form of punishment. Rep. Mike Melerine noted the Louisiana GOP endorsed
#lalege
candidate John Raymond, arrested for taping students' mouths at a Slidell school.
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GOOD NEWS ALERT:
@LouisianaCPRA
reports restoration projects have revived two coastal bird nesting islands,
@sulliclaire
reports.
#lagov
#BirdTwitter
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Disillusioned after being badly beaten in last year’s statewide elections, Louisiana's progressive Democrats hope to oust Katie Bernhardt as chair and install what they feel will be more effective leadership.
@ByPiperHutch
reports
#Election2024
#Democrat
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