UL Lafayette faculty sound alarm over presidential search, demanding transparency www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new... via @theadvocateaca.bsky.social #lalege #laed

Louisiana officials, candidates can use campaign cash for D.C. Mardi Gras, ethics board confirms lailluminator.com/2025/11/10/l... (from @jsodonoghue.bsky.social) #lalege

The #LSU System is restructuring. Here’s what it means. #lalege #lagov

As Louisiana's new closed primary elections near, a debate over 'no party' voters reignites www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege

When private citizens make a Louisiana political contribution, they provide an address alongside that donation in a public, online database. Soon, statewide elected officials, legislators and their family members will not have to do the same. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/11/07/l...

Louisiana ethics board raises questions about judges’ campaign transparency as some judges ask to remove information from the state’s public database that tracks political donations and spending lailluminator.com/2025/11/07/l... (from @jsodonoghue.bsky.social) #lalege

Why was money taken out of some Louisiana SNAP accounts? And what happens next? www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege

The chairman of a committee tasked with guiding UNO’s transition back to the #LSU System has directed 11 subcommittees to meet privately, in what a First Amendment expert says is a violation of Louisiana’s Open Meetings Law. #lalege #lagov

BREAKING: The #LSU Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to name McNeese State leader Wade Rousse its next system president, and it has picked University of Alabama Provost Jim Dalton as both chancellor and provost of its Baton Rouge campus. #lalege #lagov

#LSU failed to give public notice for its first UNO transition committee meeting  lailluminator.com/2025/11/04/l... (from @piperhutch.bsky.social) #lalege #laed

#LSU interim Athletic Director Verge Ausberry says the school's athletic department 'is not broken' (from @brettmartel.bsky.social) apnews.com/article/lsu-...

Louisiana lawmakers agreed to move back the spring election dates, passing the bills in a one-week special session that ended yesterday. What happened and why? More details in my latest for the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana: parlouisiana.org/wp-content/u... #lalege

SPECIAL SESSION ENDS: With final passage of bills delaying the 2026 spring elections by a month, the House and Senate have adjourned. The governor set aside up to three weeks for the special session. Lawmakers wrapped up in a week, suspending rules to speed bill passage. #lalege

House votes 73-29 to push back 2026 closed party primary elections by one month. Final passage. Vote largely along party lines, with Republicans in support, most Democrats opposed. Will delay election for more time to await US Supreme Court ruling on congressional map. #lalege

A Louisiana law adds rules to private school pre-K programs. Two schools sued to stop it. www.nola.com/news/educati... via @patrick-wall.bsky.social #lalege #laed

Senate votes 27-9 to push back closed primary election dates by one month in 2026. Vote was along party lines, with Republicans in support, Democrats opposed. Republicans want to move election dates to give more time to await US Supreme Court ruling on congressional map. #lalege

Louisiana is prepared to spend $150m per month out of a savings account to keep federal food assistance (SNAP) going during the shutdown. The Trump administration said Friday it won't reimburse states for doing so. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/10/24/l...

From @jsodonoghue.bsky.social story: The new privacy law allows judges in Louisiana to keep a large swath of personal information out of government databases and off the internet. Starting next year, the same privilege will be extended to hundreds of other local and state officials. #lalege

Attorneys who ran public defender offices in Louisiana have sued the state for wrongful termination. They allege Gov. Jeff Landry's office interfered in a state board review of their dismissals by telling board members they had to get rid of them. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/10/20/p...

“The LSU presidency is one of Louisiana’s most important public positions, and its selection should reflect that public trust,” PAR President Steven Procopio said of #LSU using non-disclosure agreements to try to hide information about the search. #lalege #laed

The government shutdown could disrupt food stamps. Many in Louisiana are worried. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege

Members of Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority question why their chairman canceled Mid-Breton sediment diversion project without first running the idea by them lailluminator.com/2025/10/16/c... (from @lailluminator.com) #lalege

Gov. Jeff Landry has called a special session to start Oct. 23 and end no later than Nov. 13. Session agenda is to consider changing election plans. Could give lawmakers more time to redraw congressional map if US Supreme Court overturns the current map. gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Execu... #lalege

Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act, in arguments centered on Louisiana-based case apnews.com/article/supr... (from @apnews.com) #lalege

Gov. Jeff Landry's lawyers intervened to keep his appointee in Louisiana retirement system www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege

Limited access restored to Louisiana college savings accounts after unexpected shutdown www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @patrick-wall.bsky.social #lalege #laed

Louisiana pulls the plug on another of its largest coastal projects www.fox8live.com/2025/10/08/l... (from @fox8live.com) #lalege

St. Tammany Council member Kathy Seiden announces U.S. Senate bid www.nola.com/news/politic... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege #lasen

Hoping to improve health care access, Louisiana increases Medicaid payments to doctors (from @jsodonoghue.bsky.social) lailluminator.com/2025/10/08/l... #lalege

Judge tosses lawsuit by Black lawmakers seeking to make attorney general defend current Louisiana congressional map theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege

Shreveport businessman, former lawmaker Wayne Waddell dies at 76 ktbs.com/news/louisia... #lalege

Leader of state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control resigns following investigation, lands smoothly at same agency as deputy commissioner (from @wafb.com) www.wafb.com/2025/10/02/i... #lalege

New Orleans levee police creating SWAT-style team with semi-automatic rifles. Critics question the link to flood protection. www.nola.com/news/environ... via @alexlubben.bsky.social #lalege

Saints owner Gayle Benson, Gov. Jeff Landry agree to new long-term lease for Superdome www.nola.com/news/busines... via @nolanews.bsky.social #lalege

Louisiana doubles capacity of domestic violence shelters with state funding lailluminator.com/2025/10/01/l... (from @jsodonoghue.bsky.social) #lalege

#LSU could hire its next president by the end of October lailluminator.com/2025/10/01/l... (from @piperhutch.bsky.social) #lalege #laed

What to know about how the federal government shutdown could affect Louisiana www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... (from @theadvocatebr.bsky.social) #lalege

New Orleans to host College Football Playoff National Championship at Superdome in 2028 www.nola.com/news/busines... via @nolanews.bsky.social

School ride-hailing services may be nudging aside traditional buses; Louisiana passed a law allowing their use stateline.org/2025/09/30/s... (from @stateline.org) #lalege #laed

Nearly 50% of Louisiana households struggled to make ends meet in 2023. See parish data. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege

Gov. Jeff Landry seeks deployment of 1,000 National Guard troops to Louisiana cities (from @theadvocatebr.bsky.social) www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... #lalege #lagov

Louisiana is set to slash testing for high schoolers. See which tests will get cut. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @patrick-wall.bsky.social #lalege #laed

#Saints' Superdome lease deal stalled over Benson Tower, other real estate agreements with state www.nola.com/news/busines... via @nolanews.bsky.social #lalege

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

Several unanswered questions about Louisiana's housing of ICE detainees at Angola, according to @theadvocatebr.bsky.social story. Questions not answered about how many detainees are there, what their crimes were and which contractors are running the site. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... #lalege

Louisiana's casinos are moving onto land and getting flashy upgrades. Business is booming theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege

Louisiana drilled more coastal oil wells than any other state. Thousands have sunk in the Gulf. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @alexlubben.bsky.social #lalege

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...

Some Republican states resist DOJ demand for private voter data stateline.org/2025/09/18/s... (from @stateline.org) #lalege