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Legislative Scorecard

by Editorial Staff | August 2023
Our updated legislative scorecard is the only thing of its kind in the entire state of Louisiana. It’s specifically designed so legislators will not be able to hack a higher score by selectively coordinated final votes. This is the truest gauge for how your legislator is doing in Baton Rouge…

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Danny Cherry, Jr.

Antigravity

Citizens for a New Louisiana's behind-the-scenes activity is something Lunsford relishes.

New York Times
Alexandra Alter

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.

National Public Radio
Tovia Smith

National Public Radio

Citizens for a New Louisiana is keeping a close eye on how current library board members are voting. If that makes current members fearful, Lunsford says, that's the point.

Amanda Banana Jones
LPB / PBS

Amanda Jones

"They gave an ultimatum that if the board members didn’t vote the way he wanted, they would be dismissed from the library board. And guess what… they were all dismissed."

Times-Picayune
Clair Taylor

Times-Picayune

In Louisiana, the movement [to remove or reshelve sexually explicit books] started in Lafayette in 2021 when ... the conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana filed an objection.

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Danny Cherry, Jr.

Antigravity

Lunsford’s decision to not get involved in the 2023 Mayor-President election played a factor in who won.

Piper Hutchison

Louisiana Illuminator

Michael Lunsford, executive director of the conservative watchdog group Citizens for a New Louisiana, raised concerns about the bill’s overly broad language

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