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Critical Acclaim
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Times-Picayune
In Louisiana, the movement [to remove or reshelve sexually explicit books] started in Lafayette in 2021 when ... the conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana filed an objection.
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KLFY TV 10
The complaint [filed by Citizens for a New Louisiana] underscores what the chief reportedly did and/or has failed to do.
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The Advocate
Citizens for a New Louisiana has been systematically placing conservatives on volunteer commissions such as the Lafayette Parish Library Board of Control and Bayou Vermilion District, where they now have majority control.
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National Public Radio
Citizens for a New Louisiana is keeping a close eye on how current library board members are voting. If that makes current members fearful, Lunsford says, that's the point.
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John Guilbeau
The success we're seeing in Lafayette Parish would not be possible without vital organizations like Citizens for a New Louisiana.
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