Julie O'Donoghue
@JSODonoghue
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Senior writer at @illuminatorLA; Previously: @stlpublicradio, @NOLANews, @MedillSchool, @macalester; D.C. native; @capitals forever
Baton Rouge
Joined August 2011
In Louisiana, rape survivors are denied access to their own medical records. https://t.co/Slr1sSKU8T
lailluminator.com
In Louisiana, survivors of sexual assault are repeatedly denied copies of their forensic medical exams. There’s no standard approach for releasing sexual assault forensic medical documents to...
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One of the first women to become a physician in Britain was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917). She received education on the wards as a nurse, and then established herself on the medical register through the Society of Apothecaries. She founded the London School of Medicine
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Orleans Parish @SheriffHutson told the ethics board today that her PAC finance report was filed late because she didn't realize her attorney (Jimmy Burland) had been put in prison. BTW, the name of her PAC is Orleans Jedi Guardians PAC. #lalege
https://t.co/6olOK6opqE
lailluminator.com
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson successfully argued Friday that she shouldn’t have to pay the full fine for missing a campaign reporting deadline because her attorney was incarcerated at the...
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With democrats in control, energy policies are expected to take new shape. Facing a looming energy crisis and new data centers popping up — the General Assembly is looking for solutions. #valeg #vagov
https://t.co/zOy0dtdMXz
virginiamercury.com
Fresh off a decisive election night, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy.
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NEAR Intents just doubled its daily volume ATH with $200M in the last 24 hours 🔥 Unstoppable liquidity is NEAR
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the most fun fact (to me) from this election night: Abigail Spanberger born in Red Bank, NJ, will be governor of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill, born in Alexandria, VA, will be governor of New Jersey
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For the old heads - Sherrill was in the same hs class as @realgranthill33 at South Lakes in Reston
the most fun fact (to me) from this election night: Abigail Spanberger born in Red Bank, NJ, will be governor of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill, born in Alexandria, VA, will be governor of New Jersey
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Hundreds of Louisiana public officials and their family members will soon be able to remove their home/work addresses from campaign finance reports. This will make it harder to figure out who is making political campaign contributions. #lalege
https://t.co/suRQcbdXaG
lailluminator.com
Three elected judges in Louisiana are leveraging a new privacy law to remove their home addresses and spouse’s work addresses from the state’s public campaign finance database that tracks political...
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Louisiana ethics board raises questions about judges’ campaign transparency as some judges ask to remove information from the state’s public database that tracks political donations and spending (from @JSODonoghue) #lalege
lailluminator.com
Three elected judges in Louisiana are leveraging a new privacy law to remove their home addresses and spouse’s work addresses from the state’s public campaign finance database that tracks political...
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When private citizens make a Louisiana political contribution, they provide an address alongside that donation in an public, online database. Soon, statewide elected officials, legislators and their family members will not have to do the same. #lalege
https://t.co/qWM4trb6VO
lailluminator.com
Three elected judges in Louisiana are leveraging a new privacy law to remove their home addresses and spouse’s work addresses from the state’s public campaign finance database that tracks political...
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The chairman of a committee tasked with guiding UNO’s transition back to the #LSU System has directed 11 subcommittees to meet privately, in what a First Amendment expert says is a violation of Louisiana’s Open Meetings Law. #lalege #lagov
https://t.co/Jjsi0viBya
lailluminator.com
The transition committee is a public body subject to the Open Meetings Law, meaning it must hold its meetings in public.
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And @WBRZ is reporting that some SNAP recipients saw money withdrawn from their accounts. (As in, the money was there but then disappeared.) #lalege
https://t.co/oCimDOcs0f
wbrz.com
State-funded assistance to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits put on hold during the federal government shutdown was recalled by the Louisiana Department of Health, officials told...
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#LSU did not comply with state public notice requirements ahead of the first meeting of the UNO transition committee, opening up any action the committee takes at its meeting Wednesday to being nullified in court #lalege #lagov
https://t.co/K0YemkPLxF
lailluminator.com
LSU did not comply with state public notice requirements ahead of the first meeting of a committee that’s helping guide the UNO's transition to the LSU System
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#LSU failed to give public notice for its first UNO transition committee meeting https://t.co/bT1ZXuTQzD (from @ByPiperHutch) #lalege #laed
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LSU did not comply with state public notice requirements ahead of the first meeting of a committee that’s helping guide the UNO's transition to the LSU System
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Not to be pedantic but Wade Rousse has not yet started the job. Which makes it all the more interesting he has made a hiring decision.
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In his newly-created executive VP position, Dalton will oversee not only the A&M campus that he will be chancellor of, but the research-intensive campuses, which include the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, the LSU AgCenter and the LSU med schools in NOLA and Shreveport.
BREAKING: The #LSU Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to name McNeese State leader Wade Rousse its next system president, and it has picked University of Alabama Provost Jim Dalton as both chancellor and provost of its Baton Rouge campus. #lalege #lagov
https://t.co/R8JXF5yhfv
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