The Louisiana Legislature will head into a veto override session on Tuesday, after a majority of lawmakers declined to submit ballots that would have cancelled the veto session. Although Gov. Edwards vetoed 25 bills and portions of three pieces of budget legislation, it's believed the three anti-LGBTQ+ measures will be at the core of this override session.
The Louisiana legislature holds fiscal sessions every other year. For these sessions, legislators are only able to bring forth five non-fiscal bills. In the past, the LGBTQ+ community breathed a sigh of relief during this time as most legislators focused their non-fiscal bills on issues important to their constituents. Not this year. When the session […]
On Monday, a bill that would make it illegal for school dress codes to forbid natural, protective, or cultural hairstyles was advanced 8-6 by the House Civil Law & Procedure Committee.
The House Committee on Education rejected the bill 7-4. Three Republicans - Reps. Stephanie Hilferty of New Orleans, Barbara Freiburg of Baton Rouge, and Vincent St. Blanc of Franklin - joined the committee's Democrats to oppose the legislation.
SB 388, sponsored by Sen. Sharon Hewitt (R-Slidell), would prevent doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals from using online and phone services to prescribe abortion pills and having them shipped to the patient through the mail.
After a career of over 20 years, New Orleans-based state senator Karen Carter Peterson announced her resignation today. Louisiana Senate President Paige Cortez confirms that he received Peterson's resignation Friday morning. In a statement released on Friday, Peterson cited her mental health, including ongoing struggles with depression and gambling addiction, as her reason for resigning.
Anti-trans bills are based on rules historically and contemporarily used to exclude Black women from sports.
Louisiana Republicans have spent tens of thousands of dollars over the last several months in an attempt to avoid lawsuits while maintaining the status quo, rather than focusing on creating statewide equity during the redistricting process.
The Louisiana Legislature is currently in the midst of one of the most important political processes in the state: redistricting. If you've paid attention to other states, you understand how important and possibly contentious this process is. Already lawsuits have been filed challenging redistricting efforts in Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Georgia on the basis of racial fairness.
Louisiana born David Ernest Duke was a member of the Louisiana Legislature and Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Klu Klux Klan. He is often seen as a white nationalist hero and inspiration for the nations current white supremacists whose activism has only increased as a direct result of Black Lives Matter and racial […]
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