It's important to understand this trick. Right wingers have been arguing for decades that "the administrative state" is a usurpation of the judicial branch. Want regulation against polluters? Just sue them, they say. But then they make it illegal to sue #lalege www.nola.com/news/environ...
If you had told me, after Katrina and the BP disaster, that the only politically feasible action the US can take on climate change will be to force the public to accept it and shield its perpetrators from its costs, I would have said... well actually I said that #lalege www.nola.com/news/environ...
Thanks to the various tax reforms enacted at the beginning of Landry's term, the state is projecting a $900 million deficit by 2030. They do this on purpose in order to favor friends. It's a systematic looting #lalege lailluminator.com/2026/03/12/n...

No chance Louisiana nixes its ...
No chance Louisiana nixes its income tax this year, lawmakers say

Landry’s proposal to eliminate the state income tax is struggling to gain traction as Louisiana faces a projected budget shortfall next year. 

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back on my bullshit #lalege
Mike Fesi wants to ban water flouridation in the state of Louisiana #lalege
the 5th Circuit court is intrigal to #SCOTUS plan to eat america
"How a Federal Court in New Orleans Is Driving the Conservative Agenda" #Louisiana #lalege https://nytimes.com/2024/08/26/us/new-orleans-appeals-court-trump.html
How a Federal Court in New Orleans Is Driving the Conservative Agenda

Today, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is an outlier. But a Trump victory in November could transform it into the standard-bearer of MAGA-era jurisprudence.

The New York Times

Looking at all the shit Louisiana's legislature is passing willy nilly, their strategy is just to CLOG the courts with challenges to protect people's right and shut, huh?

I fuckin hate it here.

#LaLege

Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association

Louisiana Library workers or libraries who seek membership in the largest professional organization would be criminalized for doing so.

BOOK RIOT
In 2022 worst #fostercre panic in America was in Louisiana. NCCPR in
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on why that makes all Louisiana children less safe https://lailluminator.com/2024/04/03/foster-care-panic/ #childabuse #familypreservation #lalege
Louisiana children pay the price of foster care panic • Louisiana Illuminator

Foster care panic occurs when everyone from frontline workers to agency leaders is terrified of having the next horror story on their watch.

Louisiana Illuminator
Jeff Landry won the Louisiana governor's race way too easily

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry had an air of inevitability about him as he ran for governor. But Democrats didn't put enough money behind Shawn Wilson.

MSNBC