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Julie O'Donoghue@jsodonoghue.bsky.social |
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Senior writer at Louisiana Illuminator. I formally worked at The Times-Picayune, St. Louis Public Radio, The Connection Newspapers and The Northwest Current. Macalester College and Northwestern University alum.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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A powerful Republican donor sent dozens of suggestions for rewriting the Louisiana constitution directly to state lawmakers in an email Tuesday.
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The proposal marks the first comprehensive look at what powerful convention supporters might want to accomplish in reworking Louisiana's constitution, including a new system for picking the chief justice of the state supreme court.
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Under a new law, the Louisiana ethics board will have a new challenge in launching investigations into government officials over the next 5 months.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Louisiana lawmakers won't attempt to override any of Gov. Jeff Landry's vetoes. The veto override session has been canceled. lailluminator.com/2024/07/09/l...
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Starting Aug. 1, Louisiana will require all health insurance plans to cover menopause/perimenopause treatment. They will be obliged to cover hormone replacement therapy without prior authorization, etc. that is sometimes used to delay or deny HRT coverage. lailluminator.com/2024/07/03/i...
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In Louisiana, state lawmakers who are attorneys get significant leeway to request extensions from the courts because of their legislative work.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review whether that practice is being abused. lailluminator.com/2024/06/27/l...
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Louisiana gives attorneys who are lawmakers leeway to ask for delays in court proceedings. Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed a bill that would've changed that but the state's high court agreed to review the practice.
Via Louisiana Illuminator @jsodonoghue.bsky.social
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry cut $1 million in funding for a homeless shelter run by his hometown chapter of Catholic Charities. The governor, who is Catholic, said he is unhappy with the support Catholic Charities provides to immigrants.
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Under the vetoed bill, Louisiana's governor would have been able to bypass the traditional pardon process to clear the criminal records of people who met a narrow definition of a marijuana offender.
Via Louisiana Illuminator @statesnewsroom.com
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Gov. Landry vetoed legislation that have let him pardon people convicted of minor marijuana possession more easily.
He said it was part of President Biden's "soft-on-crime, no-consequences-for-criminals agenda."
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Julie O'Donoghue
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A Louisiana senator who owns a trucking company created a new law that reduces the number of $2500 permits trucking companies must purchase from the state.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Gov. Jeff Landry is closing state offices Wednesday to observe Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery.
Landry had to issue a specific proclamation to honor Juneteenth because it is not an automatic day off. lailluminator.com/briefs/gov-j...
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Louisiana lawmakers have repeatedly complained about having to spend too much on private attorneys who defend people facing the death penalty. It's one of the reasons they changed the public defender board his year.
But spending on those attorneys isn't going down. lailluminator.com/2024/06/13/l...
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More victims of child abuse will be able to sue in Louisiana after the state Supreme Court reversed itself on a "look back" law this week. lailluminator.com/2024/06/13/m...
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Louisiana lawmakers decline to endorse using campaign funds for child care expenses.
But dozens of elected officials used their campaign money to purchase Saints, Southern and LSU football tickets each year.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Here's six new and incoming laws that will increase Jeff Landry's power as governor.
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From teachers' pay to new attorneys to handle public records requests.
Here's a rundown of what was included in the state budget in Louisiana. #lalege
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Louisiana lawmakers will NOT be passing legislation to protect IVF services this session.
Rep. Paula Davis is shelving her bill to do so. Her colleagues refused to remove language that referred to embryos as human beings. lailluminator.com/2024/05/29/l...
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Louisiana lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted to give Gov. Jeff Landry control over the state ethics board, even though he is in a dispute with the board over the charges he faces. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/05/28/l...
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Teacher stipends and early childhood education get restored in the latest version of the Louisiana state budget.
But there's a whole lot more in there too.
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Two key constitutional convention backers said they would support moving sales tax breaks on food for home consumption, residential utilities and prescription drugs out of the constitution.
This would make it easier to repeal or change those tax breaks. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/05/17/c...
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Louisiana lawmakers have voted to make documents and meetings about the publicly funded governor's mansion secret.
The bill also gives the governor more authority over the mansion operations. lailluminator.com/2024/05/16/l...
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Gov. Jeff Landry is still in a dispute with the state ethics board over charges he faces for failing to disclose trips he took on a private donor's plane.
Now, lawmakers are considering giving him direct control over most of the ethic board's members. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/05/15/g...
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Julie O'Donoghue
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The Louisiana Senate has some concerns about confirming Gov. Jeff Landry's pick to run the Office of Juvenile Justice. lailluminator.com/2024/05/14/l...
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Louisiana lawmakers continue to move forward a bill that is supposed to protect IVF services, but legislators refused to remove language that refers to an embryo as a "biological human being" - which could still cause problems for doctors/fertility clinics.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Louisiana lawmakers may extend the deadline for a "look back window" to file lawsuits in older child abuse cases. lailluminator.com/2024/05/13/l...
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So proud of @brianlyman.bsky.social of @alreflector.bsky.social, today named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "for incisive columns that challenge of range of state policies flouting democratic norms and targeting vulnerable populations" @statesnewsroom.com
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Brian Lyman
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It’s me
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Gov. Jeff Landry's office says he is reviewing IVF protection legislation and won't say whether he'll sign the bill yet. lailluminator.com/2024/05/08/l...
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Pretty excited to get this commentary from A PULITZER finalist.
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A bill to create exceptions to the Louisiana's abortion ban for children and teenagers 16 and younger who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest was voted down in a Louisiana House committee Tuesday.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Louisiana House votes 75-27 to call a convention to overhaul the state's 50 year-old constitution, even though Gov. Jeff Landry and other convention supporters refuse to say what language want to remove from the document. lailluminator.com/2024/05/07/l... #lalege #lagov
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Via @jsodonoghue.bsky.social: Louisiana's heavily Republican state House voted 75-25 largely along party lines to call a state constitutional convention, though Gov. Jeff Landry and other Republicans haven't explained what they want to change yet
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Kenny Loftin is Gov. Jeff Landry's pick to run juvenile justice.
Loftin said the people who alleged there was rampant abuse at a juvenile detention center he ran made up those stories.
@nytimes.com reporters said 42 people alleged there was abuse at the center. lailluminator.com/2024/05/02/t...
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Julie O'Donoghue
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The Louisiana House voted to ban the use of "free" to describe government services and benefits.
As in removing "free" from the marketing of free blood pressure monitoring, free narcan, free food from the food bank. #lalege
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55 Louisiana lawmakers participated in political fundraisers during the two special sessions that took place earlier this year.
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Louisiana's conservative state officials are looking to limit elected district attorneys authority over concerns about what Democratic DAs might do.
Several other Southern states (Texas, Georgia, Tennessee) have done something similar recently.
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As severe weather shut down nearly every government entity in Louisiana Wednesday, a legislative committee met and quietly advanced two pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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This weather definitely be very crazy.
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Breaking News: Municipal water systems will now be required by the EPA to remove six so-called “forever chemicals” linked to cancer and other health issues. The compounds are present in the tap water of hundreds of millions of people in the U.S.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Louisiana's governor is often described as all powerful, but Jeff Landry would gain even more control over state government under these 6 bills.
He would have more power over:
Civil service
Governor's mansion
Ethics board
Higher Ed
Supreme Court
lailluminator.com/2024/04/04/l...
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Where does Gov. Jeff Landry stand on IVF treatment? Unclear.
When I asked him last month if he agreed with the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, he said he hadn't heard of the ruling and would have to get back to me. (It had been in the news for weeks.)
lailluminator.com/2024/04/02/l...
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Louisiana lawmakers have filed two bills to protect IVF services in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that threatens fertility treatment in that state.
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Louisiana considers Medicaid mandate for menopausal and perimenopausal treatment, including hormonal treatment.
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Like, I swear this bullshit should piss off fans of both teams and womens sports in general. Just rank misogyny.
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A "Right to Birth Control" bill has stalled in the Louisiana House after it became unclear where an anti-abortion group stood on it.
Two conservative lawmakers also questioned whether the state worker health plan covered IUDs.
lailluminator.com/2024/03/28/b...
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Louisiana legislators voted down a proposal to put abortion access on a state ballot today.
Voters in six other states have strengthened abortion access since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. 13 states might do the same this year.
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Julie O'Donoghue
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Um. Why is this Love Is Blind reunion so serious?
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Baton Rouge folks!
Please come out to the Gridiron show Friday! It's a local sketch comedy show about Louisiana politics put on by Louisiana journalists.
We raising money for a local journalism scholarship.
Buy tickets here: www.gridironshowbr.org?fbclid=IwAR3...
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Louisiana lawmakers denied Attorney General Liz Murrill's request to double the capacity of her Legal Support Fund from $10m to $20m.
Money the AG collects from settlements, fines, etc. supports the fund. It pays for private attorneys, consultants, etc. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/03/18/m...
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