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The Southern University System Board of Supervisors has named Louisiana Sen. Joe Bouie, D-New Orleans, as the next chancellor of its New Orleans campus, a position from which he was once fired. #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/2025/07/18/sen…

Five months ago, Louisiana's ethics board told Governor Jeff Landry's PAC it shouldn't pay for his congressional gym membership in D.C. Then Landry changed the law to allow PACs to cover dues to "recreational" facilities. Read on. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/07/21/whe…

Congratulations to the journalists at Verite who individually and collectively were recognized for their outstanding work at 67th Annual Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards on Saturday night! veritenews.org/2025/07/21/ver…

.Governor Jeff Landry and lawmakers rewrote large portions of Louisiana's anti-corruption laws this year. In some cases, the laws were changed to directly undercut ethics board decisions that the governor didn't like. #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/2025/07/21/whe…

Oh no. One of my favorites for years.

Louisiana will join six other university systems in the South to form a new alternative accrediting body, spurning long-established standards of higher education, Gov. Jeff Landry announced with an executive order Tuesday. #lalege #lagov #laed lailluminator.com/2025/07/22/lou…

Republican attorneys general in 28 states and territories, including Louisiana’s Liz Murrill, are calling on the NCAA to revoke all championship titles and other recognitions given to transgender women college athletes. #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/2025/07/23/rep…

BREAKING: Trump administration denies Western Maryland federal flood aid buff.ly/5GgUtKf

Yum Yum…..get you some! Thank you Tony's Seafood ….see you Friday #Birdland for some Baltimore Orioles ⚾️

The former #LaLege member who made a “joke” amendment to establish weight maximums on #Louisiana strippers punched a constituent in the mouth some time around Christmas. Just before a public meeting. Now the parish president, he was found guilty this week, per WBRZ News.

All these changes to my student loan repayment options give me anxiety. I want to start paying again toward forgiveness. But I'm not even sure my application to do so will be processed before interest starts accruing again. And the payments will be so much higher.

1—Longtime death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan, whose 27-year-old murder conviction was vacated this spring, will have to wait a few more days to find out if he will be able to walk out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. THREAD

Eric Skrmetta, a Louisiana PSC member, is running for Bill Cassidy's U.S. Senate seat theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… via Alyse Pfeil #lalege

Louisiana State Police locks in fees for body camera, vehicle video footage (from ⁦Julie O'Donoghue⁩) #lalege lailluminator.com/briefs/louisia…

Louisiana vehicles can have darker window tints starting Aug. 1 (from ⁦Julie O'Donoghue⁩) #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/07/25/lou…

Somebody must’ve forgotten to log out of the official Louisiana State Senate account… #lalege #lagov

BREAKING: University of Louisiana at Lafayette President Joe Savoie is retiring, effective Aug. 1. The board will make him president emeritus. #lalege #lagov

You can now report suspected ‘weather-modification’ activities to LDEQ. Releasing chemicals into the atmosphere to alter the climate was banned by SB 46 of the ‘25 #lalege session. Experts say cloud seeding does not have widespread use in Louisiana. WAFB deq.louisiana.gov/page/file-a-co…