HB190: Louisiana’s New Software Law — A Gift to Trial Lawyers
Earlier this week, the Louisiana House quietly passed Laurie Schlegel’s (R-7/10) HB190, a bill that creates a brand-new legal liability for software developers. On its face, the language sounds harmless enough. The bill simply requires developers to exercise...
The Disappearing Watchdog: Louisiana’s Ethics System
Louisiana’s ethics laws are often cited as proof that the state learned from its past. Decades of scandal have left behind a system supposedly designed to catch conflicts of interest before they corrupt public service. But is it working? And will the recent changes by...
Louisiana’s Economic Development Machine Taps Familiar Victim
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...
AG Murrill: Move the Vulgar Kids Books
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...
The Meeting Before the Storm: What LPSS Leadership Knew and When They Knew It
In mid-January 2025, as questions about construction spending quietly mounted inside the Lafayette Parish School System, the school board and senior administrators gathered for a two-day training more than an hour away from Lafayette. The meeting took place January...
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
New York Times
Citizens for a New Louisiana is a group that has pushed to have books that [are] erotic or sexual removed from the children’s section of libraries.
NBC News
Citizens for a New Louisiana spoke at the meeting in favor of restrictions on books with sexual content.
Livingston Parish News
The firing is the latest escalation in a years-long controversy surrounding the Livingston Parish Library tied to the Lafayette-based group, Citizens for a New Louisiana.
Antigravity
Citizens for a New Louisiana's behind-the-scenes activity is something Lunsford relishes.
Antigravity
the group known as Citizens for a New Louisiana (CFNL)... wants to take over every single library board in the state.
