Teachers say school districts may be changing to rules to avoid paying educators extra money, per state law. Story from Shannon Heckt #lalege #lagov brproud.com/news/louisiana…

Lots of drama in Pineville. Both the mayor and another city employee admit they had affairs with the same woman who also worked for the city for a year. She's filed a hostile work environment complaint. From KALB News Channel 5 kalb.com/2024/09/02/cla…

An 11 year-old boy has been charged with killing his grandfather and mother in Minden, La. The Webster Parish district attorney says the child is the youngest person ever to be charged by this office. ktbs.com/news/webster-d…

Story: Vice President Kamala Harris Kamala Harris makes new Louisiana abortion law by Sen. Thomas Pressly that criminalizes abortion pills a campaign issue in presidential race, cites Louisiana Illuminator story #lagov #lalege #Election2024 #abortionpill shreveporttimes.com/story/news/202… via The Shreveport Times

Another top Louisiana official leaves DEQ after short stint #lalege #lagov theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… via David J Mitchell Mark Schleifstein

The most recognizable building in Lake Charles, Capital One Tower, will be demolished. From alenamaschke #lalege #lagov theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/…

.PETA is telling Governor Jeff Landry to abandon the idea of bringing Mike VII to football games. #lalege #lagov From Piper Hutchinson lailluminator.com/2024/09/04/pet…

.LDEQ settled with Shell over multiple violations at Shell's Geismar facility for the relatively low figure of $20k. #lalege #lagov theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

The CEO of the health care company that owns a troubled West Monroe, La. hospital did bother to show up to a U.S Senate hearing. Bill Cassidy, M.D. is not happy. From KNOE 8 News #lalege #lagov knoe.com/2024/09/04/ste…

A Baton Rouge company helped produce the Ronald Reagan biopic. #lalege #lagov businessreport.com/home/this-bato…

Sybil Morial, the former first lady of New Orleans who died today, was not allowed to go into City Park or Audubon Park as a Black child. She tried to take classes at Tulane, but was turned down because it didn't admit Black students. #lalege #lagov nola.com/news/sybil-mor…

This woman lived a life. She was denied entry into the city's two major parks as a Black child. Then, she grew up to marry Louisiana's first Black lawmaker post-Reconstruction and New Orleans first Black mayor. She saw the first Black president elected. #lalege

Yikes. 20 minutes with no movement.

Here's the letter signed by 50 doctors asking Louisiana Dept of Health for guidance on misoprostol. They have yet to receive a response. lailluminator.com/2024/09/03/lou…

Louisiana Supreme Court justices called Rep. Alan Seabaugh's use of legislative extensions "repugnant" and "egregious." But that doesn't mean they are scrapping this privilege for attorneys who are state lawmakers anytime soon. #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/2024/09/06/lou…

Justices also seemed frustrated lawmakers passed a (vetoed) bill during the session to strengthen aspects of this privilege. “Every single legislative session, there’s an attempt to make [the legislative continuance law] more draconian." - Piper Griffin #lalege

In other news, KTBS reported last month that a 23 year-old man has been sitting in jail awaiting trial for five years in a murder case, in part because his lawyer Katrina Jackson keeps asking for legislative extensions in the case. ktbs.com/news/webster-p… #lalege #lagov

“I cannot get it to trial because the defense attorney is constantly using the legislative continuance statute." - Prosecutor Hugo Holland said of this murder/feticide case in which Katrina Jackson represents the accused. #lalege #lagov

Louisiana's ethics board rejected Governor Jeff Landry's request to waive a $100 fine for turning in his campaign finance report a day late. A few years ago, Landry paid a $2,500 fine for submitting an inaccurate report for his 2019 AG campaign. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/09/06/lou…

Federal government pushes Louisiana to cut Cabot Corporation's Ville Plant plant's pollution. #lalege #lagov theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…