The Naughty List: Louisiana Agencies That Ignored Transparency
Every December, children are reminded of a simple rule: Good behavior is rewarded. Bad behavior has consequences. Louisiana law expects no less from public officials. The state’s Public Records Law is not a suggestion. It is a mandate that ensures the people who...
The Myth of Safe Seats: Rethinking Louisiana’s Senate Races
It all started with a phone call. As a data guy by nature, it’s difficult to answer an opinion question like which state Senators may be out of sync with their districts. However, thanks to the data-driven approach to everything we do here at Citizens for a New...
Oklahoma Joins NewLouisiana Movement: Expanding Transparency Beyond Louisiana
In the spring of 2025, Louisiana citizens witnessed something revolutionary: a public, data-driven legislative dashboard that gave everyday people the same access to bill tracking, committee data, and vote analysis once reserved for insiders. First developed for the...
We’re Changing Everything… AGAIN!
Too many bills, not enough time—that’s what we kept hearing. So we built a solution: Louisiana’s first real-time public dashboard for tracking state legislation — sortable, clickable, and constantly updated. It’s built for the public but powerful enough that lawmakers...
The Transgender… Hoax?
On this, the International Trans Day of Visibility, let us consider: Could large-scale social movements like transgenderism be nothing more than social experiments designed to test society’s willingness to accept ideas detached from objective reality? Several...
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Critical Acclaim
Acadiana Advocate
It was not until the question was raised by the Citizens for a New Louisiana that a runoff election was held.
MS Magazine (Feminist)
I knew about Citizens for a New Louisiana because of what they doing in Lafayette Parish to stop Drag Story Hour.
The Current
[A.B.] Rubin [blamed] conservative activist Michael Lunsford for the delay. Lunsford’s organization, Citizens for a New Louisiana, has stirred activism in library controversies across the state.
Los Angeles Review of Books
[Citizens for a New Louisiana is] Leading the charge in Louisiana’s library debate
Amanda Jones
There have been no “outright book bans” in Louisiana. The challenges at recent Library Board meetings have been mostly about where certain books should be appropriately shelved.
