This is how Texas Department of Public Safety troopers dealt with a member of the local media in Austin today. The cameraman works for Fox 7 Austin.

This is how amped up troopers were, in a crowd of students.

Louisiana House Republicans easily vote to loosen child labor laws by eliminating mandatory lunch breaks for minors. The bill is halfway to becoming law.

Among the things Louisianans wouldn't know without public records laws:

Gov. John Bel Edwards was notified that state troopers engaged in “a violent, lengthy struggle” with Ronald Greene within hours of his the Black motorists death.

The Associated Press report: apnews.com/article/death-…

Corrupt New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin may have never gone to prison if it wasn't for Louisiana's public records law, which Governor Jeff Landry wants to roll back. Andrea Gallo reports: nola.com/news/politics/…

SCOOP: Powerhouse consulting firm McKinsey is under criminal investigation for its work advising opioid manufacturers, my latest for The Wall Street Journal

wsj.com/articles/mckin…

In recent years, then-Louisiana speaker Clay Schexnayder (R) passed bills that legalized the sale of mind-altering hemp THC products, while falsely telling colleagues they wouldn't get users high. Now he's lobbying for the industry nola.com/news/politics/…

I've done a good job of maintaining good relations with the many crows in my neighborhood. But I fear i've pissed one of them off by clucking at it, and he's now taking revenge (pooping on my car)

Attendees of the big wind conference in New Orleans took a trip to Avondale yesterday to look at Gulf Wind’s R&D facility, where they run blades through a hurricane simulator

Louisiana won $156 million from the EPA to help tens of thousands of low-income people get solar panels on their roof. The money comes from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which was opposed by the LA Republicans in Congress nola.com/news/politics/…

.Sam Karlin and I used arrest records and vendor applications obtained through the public records law to piece together how the St. Helena Parish Police Jury President solicited a bribe in exchange for a Hurricane Ida recovery contract: theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

.Paula Davis' bill that attempts to protect IVF in the wake of an abortion ban in Louisiana and strict Alabama Supreme Court ruling gets out of the House Civil Law Committee with no objections.

Catholic bishops and Louisiana Family Forum were opposed to the bill. #lalege

Louisiana people, I'd love to hear your stories of how you've used public records. My DM's are open or you can email me at [email protected].

Happy Sunday from the big man

Federal agents have raided the offices of a well-connected lobbyist and Capitol lawyer, Tyler Bridges reports nola.com/news/politics/…

Many Louisianans will pay more on their monthly electric bills to fund a $2 billion plan by Entergy to bolster its grid in the face of intensifying hurricanes. Details: nola.com/news/business/…

If you're not following the regulation of Louisiana's electric and gas utilities, you're missing out

Entergy, accused of bilking ratepayers, mismanaging its massive nuclear plant and delivering poor reliability, will pay the city of New Orleans $250 million to settle the allegations. Story: nola.com/news/business/…

Being a journalist rules because you can email people who've spent 40 years studying April 1978 of the Carter administration or ''Nelly's 'Country Grammar' and the Black Midwestern diaspora' and be like 'explain this to me in 20 minutes like I'm the dumbest person to ever exist.'

Sponsor Rep. Roger Wilder says people have been too critical of his bill. “The wording is ‘we’re here to harm children.’ Give me a break,' he says. 'These are young adults.” #lalege #lagov

Louisiana Republican is pushing to loosen child labor laws. Watch live: legis.la.gov/legis/video.as…