by Michael Lunsford | Jul 17, 2025
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.
by Michael Lunsford | Jul 17, 2025
Second Livingston Parish library director in two years departs as Parish President sides with Lafayette-based advocacy group Citizens for a New Louisiana
by Michael Lunsford | Jun 16, 2025
There have been no “outright book bans” in Louisiana. The challenges at recent Library Board meetings have been mostly about where certain books should be appropriately shelved.
by Michael Lunsford | Jun 16, 2025
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.
by Michael Lunsford | Jun 16, 2025
CFNL was integral in 2019 in having library funding slashed by $10 million.