Not So Fast: Carbon Capture and the US Senate Race
A recent article circulating on social media claims that State Treasurer (and candidate for U.S. Senate) John Fleming has long opposed Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). At the same time, claiming that Louisiana Freedom Caucus member, state Senator Blake Miguez...
The Louisiana Freedom Caucus: What It is and Why I am a Member
by Chuck Owen, District 30, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Finding my place in Baton Rouge A few times in recent years, and in mailouts, I’ve mentioned being a member of the Louisiana Freedom Caucus. When I list who I am affiliated with in Baton...
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...
Public Health Illusion: Louisiana Shrugs Off Billion-Dollar Medicaid Waste
In October 2025, Louisiana’s Legislative Auditor released a progress report that should have shaken the state’s health bureaucracy. Nothing registered on the Richter scale, but the findings should have. The report revealed that the Department of Health (LDH) had spent...
Beauregard Voters Reject Carbon Capture
As our nation approaches its 250th anniversary next year, it’s worth recalling the words of Thomas Paine. In 1776, his pamphlet Common Sense warned of a truth that remains as alive and relevant today as it was then: Government, even in its best state, is but a...
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
School Library Journal
[Citizens for a New Louisiana] is very well organized.
Louisiana Illuminator
Citizens for a New Louisiana appears to be keeping a tally of lawmakers who support a veto session
Timothy Supple
Best synopsis of the spoil bank I have read so far.
Acadiana Advocate
Citizens, whose executive director is ... Michael Lunsford, is a conservative "good government" operation that started in Lafayette and is expanding across the state. Its latest crusade is pushing for tighter controls on the books and other materials minors are allowed to access in public libraries.
National Public Radio
Lunsford spent years raising the heat leading a stealthy but steady campaign that replaced members of the library board who, from his perspective, were not quite on board.
