For all those interested in the Louisiana Supreme Court race taking place on the Northshore, there's a live stream of the Baton Rouge Press Club's candidates' forum here: #lalege #lagov
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Louisiana's two largest teachers unions have endorsed Constitutional Amendment #3 on the May 16 ballot. The measure would dissolve existing education accounts to pay off teacher retirement system debt early to give the educators a small raise. #lalege
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A man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in an attack in a Shreveport, Louisiana, neighborhood that was the nation’s deadliest shooting in more than two years, authorities said.
I completely understand. We need to do better. For example, I just saw a headline about a "man raping a juvenile" .... What? The man was convicted of raping a child. We should just say so. So I get it. Like I said, we need to do better.
And for the record, the police called it a "domestic incident" ... I'm the one that called it a domestic violence dispute because I thought the word incident was too passive. I didn't want to go much farther because there was very little info about what happened available at the time.
As I said, when I wrote that tweet, there was very little information about what had happened. I knew 8 children were dead and there was a car chase and a "domestic incident" ... Literally nothing more. I was trying not to report what I didn't know. I'm asking for grace.
A poor choice of words on my part, but at the time I tweeted this out, they hadn't even confirmed the killer was "a guy." They hadn't said anything about the shooter's relationship to the victims other than it was a "domestic incident."
I was being cautious because of the lack of info.
EIGHT children are dead following what police are calling a domestic violence dispute in Shreveport. #lalege
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My stepchild represented St. John's College against the Naval Academy in the Annapolis Cup yesterday. Navy won. (Booo.) But I'm so proud.
The Louisiana House unanimously passed a budget that spends more money on prisons and juvenile lockups. The question of how much public school teachers will be paid remains up in the air until after the May 16 election.
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Louisiana legislators and Gov. Jeff Landry's administration are interested in expanding access to popular weight-loss drugs for Medicaid recipients. Cost could be a challenge, though the Trump administration is bringing the expense down.
Louisiana legislators and Gov. Jeff Landry's administration are interested in expanding access to popular weight-loss drugs for Medicaid recipients. Cost could be challenge, though the Trump administration is bringing the expense down. #lalege
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The Louisiana Legislature might block the public from seeing the addresses of political donors who give money to election campaigns starting Aug. 1. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports
Louisiana lawmakers may remove the addresses of political donors from public campaign finance reports.
They say this is needed for safety reasons but it will also make it harder to identify who political donors are.
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Alex Ovechkin receives standing ovation from Penguins fans, named 1st Star in what could be final game in Pittsburgh russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2026/04/11/a...
Thousands of people could earn the right to sue other individuals and government entities in Louisiana for sharing their personal information online, under two bills under consideration. #lalege
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On a related note, the sponsor of this bill said more than once last week that legislators are already using campaign funds to pay for their clothes/dry cleaning. If that's the case, they are breaking the law. #lalege
Louisiana state lawmakers may gain the ability to use their campaign and PAC money to pay for their clothing under a bill they might pass. This would put Louisiana's campaign finance law out of line with federal statutes. #lalege
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At least a third of the nearly 20 bills Louisiana lawmakers proposed to put guardrails on artificial intelligence have been scrapped following threats from President Donald Trump to pull federal funding from states that regulate the industry. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports
Louisiana lawmakers have scrapped at least seven AI bills following threats from Trump. But legislators also said they wanted to move forward with at least six remaining AI bills.
"We’re trying to figure out what we’re doing.” - Cameron Henry #lalege
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Sex crimes survivors might be able to demand personal information be removed from websites and social media under threat of a lawsuit or criminal charges. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports an existing law with protections for certain officials might be changed because of the workload it's created.
In Louisiana, sex crime survivors and their family members may get the power to sue the government or individuals who post information about them on the internet including their address, birth date, place of worship, marital records or employment location. #lalege
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Outside groups could pay for more international trips for Louisiana lawmakers, under a new bill.
Who paid for the trips, how much they cost or even if they happened at all wouldn't have to be disclosed to the public. #lalege
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A tool thousands of communities at risk for hurricanes in the U.S. use to decide when to evacuate residents is set to expire Friday because the acting FEMA administrator has held up its full renewal, according to officials.
Louisiana lawmakers may expand list of people allowed to carry concealed guns in the Capitol to 6 statewide elected officials/their staff.
BUT those officials, including the gov., wouldn't be able to carry guns into committee rooms/chambers. #lalege
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Big changes coming to Sen. Morris' bill to allow Louisiana lawmakers to remove judges, according to Morris.
1. Morris plans to take district attorneys out of the bill
2. Governor has been taken out of the judicial disciplinary process. #lalege
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Alex Ovechkin seemingly dismisses 1,000 combined goals’ importance in Russian-language interview: "I broke Gretzky’s record, and now, I need to break the record taking into account the playoffs" russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2026/03/23/a...
This bill that takes steps to criminalize protests outside churches passes the Louisiana Senate 27-8. On to the House for consideration. #lalege
The Louisiana Senate is currently debating a bill that would criminalize protests at churches. The bill is a response to the so-called Don Lemon protest (where Lemon was arrested) in Minneapolis.
Background from @piperhutch.bsky.social #lalege
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