This could never happen – but it happened
Newspaper headlines and articles across the state are criticizing the Republican controlled legislature as it went on the biggest spending spree in Louisiana history. Our legislature was not legally entitled to spend every dollar of the enormous surplus. In Louisiana,...
Only 36 to hold the line
This kind of political brinksmanship happens at the federal level so often that we’re almost numb to it. Here in Lousiana, the senate has been keeping their budget adjustments secret for a month. The goal, of course, is to wait until the last possible moment to...
A few bills we’re watching – May 22, 2023
During session, I’m in the capitol almost every day. It’s important for legislators to see us in the building because, as the public’s employees, they tend to work a little harder when they know they’re being watched. Here are a few bills...
VICTORY: Anti-Erotica library bill clears committee!
A few months ago, Senator Heather Cloud (8/10) filed SB7. Her bill would create a uniform policy preventing shelving of erotic materials in library children’s sections across the entire state of Louisiana. It was fantastically written to address the issue...
IF YOU ONLY HAD THREE WISHES…
There was a fisherman in the Atchafalaya Basin who one day came upon a beautiful ornate bottle in the muck and the mud. He picked it up and observed it was sealed with a cork, but despite being empty it was unusually heavy. Curious of his findings he set about to...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
