Why SafeWise’s “Safest Cities” Lists Don’t Measure What They Claim
Every year, SafeWise releases a list of “Louisiana’s safest cities.” It sounds reassuring — until you realize that more than three-quarters of Louisiana’s cities aren’t even part of the data they use. On the surface, it looks authoritative, providing rankings based on...
Watching Everyone: Louisiana’s Dragnet is a Fourth Amendment Crisis
In February 2025, a federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia, issued a ruling that is expected to send shockwaves across the country. At issue were the city’s 172 automatic license plate reader (LPR) cameras, mounted on poles and police cars throughout the community. These...
Betrayed by the Bench: Lafayette’s Justice System Keeps Choosing Criminals Over Citizens
On Sunday night, August 24, 2025, families gathered at DeBaillon Park in Lafayette, Louisiana, to hold a vigil against gun violence. They came to mourn, stand together, and demand change. Instead, they got more blood. A six-year-old girl was critically wounded when...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
Critical Acclaim
Antigravity
We can look to Livingston to show how [Citizens for a New Louisiana's] collusion with the state government has impacted law.
Heritage Foundation
I’m very well aware and appreciative of the work [of Citizens for a New Louisiana]
Los Angeles Times
A defamation suit [Amanda Jones] filed against ... the conservative group Citizens for a New Louisiana, was dismissed.
Antigravity
the group known as Citizens for a New Louisiana (CFNL)... wants to take over every single library board in the state.
Los Angeles Times
Lunsford said [Citizens for a New Louisiana's] focus is to prevent libraries statewide from allowing children access to erotic or pornographic materials.
