by Editorial Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
For many of those impacted, not simply inconvenienced but severely impacted by life-threatening and life-changing events that came out of the 2020 pandemic, HB866 was a no-brainer. It was a common-sense, no-nonsense bill. Yet, it failed—and failed by a large margin....
by Editorial Staff | Jan 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Suppose for a moment that we could successfully pierce the veil that conceals the operations within our government from public view. If we could achieve complete transparency, one could argue that the accountability component becomes less necessary. That’s...
by Jamie Pope | Oct 7, 2021 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Uncategorized
Over the course of 19 months Louisiana citizens have lost their right to medical privacy. Employees and students are expected to report what should be private health information. There is a penalty for spouse vaccination status. Now Louisiana Department of Health is...
by Letters to the Editor | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Regarding Lafayette’s decades of racist housing policies left lasting scars and still define city, by Andrew Capps. I just read the above referenced article and was quite shocked by what you claim as “facts”. It’s interesting that a 1923 ordinance that was...
by Michael Lunsford | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
2021 is looking bright for government transparency, as Citizens for a New Louisiana adds a new chapter in Baton Rouge. Having an office at our state’s capitol, and in the literal shadow of the capitol building, will help us to bring you closer to the action when...
by Jamie Pope | Jan 18, 2021 | Baton Rouge, Uncategorized
Since March of 2020 groups of people have rallied in Baton Rouge. Some of the rallies began at the capitol followed by marches to the governor’s mansion. There has been prayer, singing, chants, speeches, and sign waving. Not once have these rallies been anything...