Hey y'all. I had the reversed the numbers for the PBM contracts in this story. I am so sorry for this error and have issued a correction. Apologies for the mistake. It's embarrassing to say the least. #lalege

State and federal officials refuse to answer questions or provide basic information about the immigration detention center at Angola prison. They wouldn't even answer what contractor will be running the facility. #lalege www.nola.com/news/new-ice...

Louisiana partially breaks from CVS Health as pharmacy middleman for state workers (from @jsodonoghue.bsky.social) lailluminator.com/2025/09/21/l... #lalege

In 2026, Louisiana's process for getting on the ballot will change such there is one process for Dems/Republicans and another for other parties candidates/independents. I suspect someone will sue over this at some point. #lalege www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and his son attended the memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona today. #lalege #lagov

La. Gov. Jeff Landry, state lawmakers have managed to shift some of the state's PBM business away from CVS. This follows a blow up between the state and CVS a few months ago over CVS sending its customers a mass text urging opposition to state legislation. lailluminator.com/2025/09/21/l...

Via @jsodonoghue.bsky.social and @lailluminator.com: Even with GLP-1 coverage prohibited for obesity treatment, Louisiana’s Office of Group Benefits spends $200 million per year on the drugs and is “adding people everyday,” CEO Heath Williams said Thursday at legislative finance committee meeting.

Louisiana's public sector health insurance plans which cover state employees, public school teachers and retirees are spending $200m per year on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic. That's WITHOUT providing coverage for obesity/weight-loss. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/09/19/l...

When you realize you live in a college town ...

FWIW: Hyundai Motor Group told me in a statement Tuesday that the company has not changed "previously announced" plans for Hyundai Steel in Donaldsonville. (The immigration raid in Georgia will not affect the Louisiana project.) #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/09/16/g...

While there was no mention of the sales tax rate hike or the expansion of the sales tax to digital goods in the presentation on the tax overhaul, it's alluded to on the handout. I believe that what is meant by the mention of "'consumption based" taxes. #lalege

At a town hall meeting with Louisiana Legislature's leadership in Jefferson Parish, there's a rundown of the tax overhaul passed last year. It included lowering income taxes, eliminating corporate franchise tax, etc. But they didn't mention the sales tax increase. #lalege

Gov. Landry said nothing has changed about Hyundai's plans to open a $5.8B steel plant in Donaldsonville, even after an immigration raid on the South Korean company’s facility in Georgia sparked outrage back home. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/16/g...

Gov. Jeff Landry said he doesn't expect "anybody to be working illegally" at Louisiana's Hyundai Steel project. (Hundreds of South Koreans working at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia were swept up in an immigration raid this month.) #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/2025/09/16/g...

When asked whether he expects foreign nationals to work at La. Hyundai Steel site (as hundreds were at a Hyundai Georgia facility), La. Gov. Jeff Landry said: “It's a pretty trick question. I mean, it's a pretty big project." "I don't expect anybody illegally to be working." #lalege

Gov. Jeff Landry said today that he doesn't expect the Hyundai Steel plant in Donaldsonville to be affected by the Georgia ICE raid on another Hyundai plant. “I would think that whatever they did that they weren't supposed to do, I’m sure they are not going to do it here in Louisiana." #lalege

Greenstein expects Louisiana to receive at least $200m per year for 5 years from the new federal rural health care fund. #lalege

La. Dept. of Health Secretary Secretary Bruce Greenstein says the state plans to draw down federal rural hospital funds for digitizing records and paying off student tuition/loans for medical professionals who work in rural areas. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/09/16/l...

By definition, AI personalities are not people. Tech-generated content is not the same as a person (and despite recent advances, still does not come close to resembling a person.) This is nonsense.

Louisiana has failed to provide oversight of public money given to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers over the past year, as required by state law. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports the state will more than double the money it gives to each center. lailluminator.com/2025/09/09/p...

This is great news for local journalism in Louisiana! I love both The Current and Verite. veritenews.org/2025/09/09/t...

State Rep. Daryl Deshotel landed a helicopter in a field (old insurance lot) near the Louisiana Capitol this morning. (He is taking helicopter flying lessons.)

Gov. Jeff Landry's administration has failed to make sure anti-abortion pregnancy centers who receive state funds are complying with a 2024 state law that puts restrictions on how the money can be used. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/09/09/p...

MORE DETAILS on who picked up the cost of the free travel provided to Gov. Jeff Landry, who disclosed $13,540 in complementary work-related treks in a deal to drop ethics charges against him. @greglarose.bsky.social & @jsodonoghue.bsky.social report: lailluminator.com/2025/09/05/e...

As a result of this agreement, Gov Jeff Landry has also disclosed for the first time travel provided by donors that he took as governor since the beginning of 2024. This includes travel paid for by his dark money group. #lalege

STORY: La. ethics board has dropped its ethics charges against Gov. Jeff Landry. In exchange, Landry admitted he didn't disclose 6 flights on private planes while AG. He was fined $900, though the fines could have been 10s of thousands. lailluminator.com/2025/09/05/e...

The Louisiana ethics board and Gov. Jeff Landry reached an agreement in which Landry admitted he failed to disclose 6 roundtrip flights on aircraft provided by donors and to pay a $900 fine. As a result, the board has dropped ethics charges against Landry. Story coming. #lalege

You can't date AI. You cannot date something that is not alive.

To make this more clear. In Louisiana, here are some of the entities not responding to questions about how to get a COVID-19 vaccine. *State's largest health insurer *State's large hospital system *State's health department *The health care system that runs New Orlean's largest hospital

Every large health care institution in Louisiana - Ochsner, LCMC, the Louisiana Department of Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana - did not respond to questions from a reporter about how to get the COVID vaccine. #lalege #lagov www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

Last week, Gov. Jeff Landry literally made a big point of saying that New Orleans had rebounded after Hurricane Katrina at an event for LIV GOLF. He pointed to LIV's decision to bring an event to the city next year as an example of how well NOLA is doing. #lalege

A couple of things: 1. Gov. Jeff Landry can send the national guard to New Orleans or Shreveport without the president. 2. Landry has said repeatedly that Louisiana is "winning" ... Sending the military to NOLA or Shreveport doesn't square with the state "winning" ... #lalege

We went to see the mural at the Industrial Canal in the Lower Ninth Ward today. This is one of the walls that broke and caused devastating flooding in New Orleans 20 years ago. The mural is well worth seeing. Highly recommend!

FEMA earned plenty of fault for its Katrina response, but now some officials find themselves defending the agency that President Trump wants to eliminate. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social talks with state leaders about the agency's troubled past and future. lailluminator.com/2025/08/29/k...

Does anyone in my world watch Plathville? I really need to talk about all the wild stuff going on this season ...

There have been a lot of stories about the media in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Here's a story you haven't heard. It's about a small, punk-rock monthly magazine called Antigravity. @antigravitymag.bsky.social www.wwno.org/katrina-20/2...

Gov. Jeff Landry believes bringing Saudi-owned LIV Golf to New Orleans next summer is a good investment for the state, which has put up a $7m subsidy for the event. It will bring tourists and expose Louisiana to a global audience, he said. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/08/27/l...

Gov. Jeff Landry formally announces the Saudi-backed LIV Golf is staging a tournament in New Orleans next year, which is being supported with a $7 million state subsidy. Background: #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/06/02/l...

The Louisiana Dept. of Children and Family Services needs to better scrutinize the amount of money it pays to foster care vendors, especially transportation and “sitter” services, according to a recent state review. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/08/25/l...

Louisiana’s child welfare agency needs to scrutinize its spending more, legislative auditor says lailluminator.com/2025/08/25/l... (from @jsodonoghue.bsky.social) #lalege

With Landry sending the national guard to D.C., it's worth noting that the violent crime rate in NOLA was far higher than in D.C. in 2024. NOLA - 363k residents/751 violent incidents or 1 per 483 residents. DC - 702k residents/960 incidents or 1 per 731 residents

The cutest of nephews.

Mississippi college students bet on sports online despite state ban, Ole Miss study shows A potentially large number of students are finding ways to place bets on legitimate platforms, not just illicit betting sites, even though mobile sports betting remains illegal in Mississippi.

Confident the woman who wrote this opinion piece did not watch "The Hunting Wives"? It's a satire skewering conservative politics. These wives find sexual satisfaction with each other - not the husbands. And arguably, the hero of the show is a woman police officer who is not white.

Louisiana ethics board has hired David Bordelon as its administrator (and top staff member). Bordelon has been in the job temporarily for 8months after legislators filed a lawsuit/objected to the board moving forward with the hiring. Background: #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/12/06/l...

"KNEE DEEP" has nothing to do with this report, but you really sound like a frog when you say it out loud. Also, you can now take your gun while frogging at night in Louisiana. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social explains how we got here. lailluminator.com/briefs/gun-f...

The fee Louisiana State Police charges to provide footage from body cameras & vehicle dashboards is now permanent after being applied temporarily for the past year. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports the policy comes in the wake of a LSP excessive force scandal. lailluminator.com/briefs/louis...

When the ethics board pushed back against Gov. Jeff Landry, he changed the law lailluminator.com/2025/07/21/w... by @jsodonoghue.bsky.social

Gov. 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/w...

ANALYSIS from Senior Reporter @jsodonoghue.bsky.social ... When the ethics board pushed back against Gov. Jeff Landry, he changed the law lailluminator.com/2025/07/21/w...