by Michael Lunsford | Feb 27, 2026 | Libraries, Livingston, Louisiana
After years of turbulence, including board replacements, public accusations, media headlines, and finally the removal of the prior director, the message from parish leadership could not have been clearer: the library system needed stability. The parish council had...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 19, 2026 | Louisiana, Sunshine
In Louisiana, tourism is treated as an unquestioned good — a self-evident engine of prosperity. The pitch is familiar: billions in economic impact, hundreds of thousands of jobs created or supported, and tax revenues that supposedly pay for services without burdening...
by Michael Lunsford | Feb 13, 2026 | Libraries, Louisiana, Sunshine
On February 6, 2026, Attorney General Liz Murrill issued Opinion 25-0069, resolving a question that has lingered in Louisiana’s library debate for years: what does “access” actually mean under La. R.S. 25:225? Anyone who remembers what happened to a parent in...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 10, 2026 | Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Sunshine
When Iberia Parish agreed to accept opioid settlement funds, it didn’t just accept money. It accepted legal obligations. Those obligations are spelled out clearly — in parish resolutions, in the statewide opioid Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and in the...
by Michael Lunsford | Jan 30, 2026 | Legislature, Louisiana, Sunshine
Blake Miguez is publicly praised as a conservative standard-bearer by the same group now funding attacks against him. For years, we have watched a strange and increasingly destructive phenomenon take hold inside Louisiana’s political landscape: a small but noisy...
by Michael Lunsford | Jan 26, 2026 | About Us, Louisiana
As we enter 2026, Citizens for a New Louisiana finds itself in a moment we’ve been working toward for years. Our mission has always been clear: expose waste, defend transparency, and equip citizens to hold government accountable. That work continues. What has changed...