New Crime Laws Should Come with Watchful Oversight

As the special session on crime got underway, CABL’s RESET Louisiana partnership with PAR and the Committee of 100 urged lawmakers to make decisions based on data and best practices and not to back pedal on the criminal justice reforms of 2017. During this session lawmakers passed about 20 bills that do a variety of […]

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RESET Louisiana Calls for Thoughtful Decisions in Crime Special Session

As lawmakers start work in a special session called by Gov. Jeff Landry to address crime, RESET Louisiana urges the House and Senate to make decisions based on data and best practices known to reduce violent crime rather than backpedaling on reform. Protecting citizens is one of the highest priorities of any government. Crime is […]

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Encouraging Opportunities in Governor’s Transition Reports

The Landry administration recently released the reports of its various transition councils and there is a lot to be encouraged about within the pages of their recommendations. While the reports are short on detail, they do provide a framework for the direction the state’s new leadership wants to go and it suggests there are opportunities […]

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First Special Session of 2024 Accomplished What it Needed To

The short eight-day special session called by Governor Jeff Landry actually ended in a very short five days. It was an ambitious agenda for the first convening of the newly-elected Legislature, but at the end of the day only two bills of consequence passed. From CABL’s perspective, that’s a good thing. There was only one […]

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First Special Session Highlighted by Ambitious Agenda

It’s great to hit the ground running, but sometimes things can go too fast. That could be the case with the just-called special session of the Legislature. Governor Jeff Landry began his term as the state’s new chief executive with a bang. It was already understood that there would be a special session in mid-January […]

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More Constitutional Amendments Coming in November

If it feels like déjà vu, it probably is. After deciding four constitutional amendments in October, voters will now have to weigh in on four more on November 18. Some of these are worth taking a closer look at. In October voters seemed to like what they saw in the offerings for constitutional amendments. All […]

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Congratulations to Governor-Elect Jeff Landry

CABL offers congratulations to Governor-elect Jeff Landry and wishes him all the best as he begins to build a new leadership team for Louisiana. As we have said throughout the campaign, Louisiana is at a crossroads and our new governor and Legislature will have much to do as we embark on the next chapter of […]

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Early Voting Ends Saturday and CABL Has Election Resources

Louisiana’s primary election is October 14. Early voting is underway and ends Saturday. Voters have a lot of decisions to make and CABL can help. This is a big election for the state, and it’s been a while since there were so many hotly-contested elections for so many statewide offices. There are also a lot […]

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CABL & LPB Partner for Statewide Debate in Louisiana Governor’s Race

Once again CABL is partnering with Louisiana Public Broadcasting to host a statewide televised debate in the Louisiana governor’s race. Tune in tonight at 7:00 p.m. on LPB stations across the state and WYES and WLAE in New Orleans. This will be the final debate before the primary  election, and we will be taking this […]

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CABL Releases Analysis of Constitutional Amendments

This fall there are eight constitutional amendments on the ballot for voters to decide, a slight decrease from the 11 amendments on the ballot in 2022. CABL has just released its analysis of the four amendments that voters will consider on October 14. We will be releasing information on the other four in advance of […]

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