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Critical Acclaim
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Louis Perret
Lafayette Clerk of Court
Citizens for a New Louisiana has changed Lafayette by doing the kind of deep research that journalists used to do.
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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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Holly Eberle
American Library Association
The whole area is being controlled by a political group called Citizens for a New Louisiana.
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Lafayette Parish Councilman
John Guilbeau
The success we're seeing in Lafayette Parish would not be possible without vital organizations like Citizens for a New Louisiana.
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Mia Jankowicz
Insider (Great Britain)
Lunsford and CNL have had an outsize influence on Louisiana libraries.
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