Council for A Better Louisiana

CABL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization working on issues in the public interest, with a major focus on public education.

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LOUISIANA STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST NATIONAL RANKINGS ON THE NATION’S REPORT CARD https://t.co/Gj75EWLRJS

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CABL Indicator of the Week: Louisiana has more than 1,300 public water systems across the state. According to the EPA, about 27% had some sort of health-based violation in 2023. Learn more:
https://t.co/SVcgcqQqHn

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CABL Indicator of the Week: Despite years of improvement, the percentage of LA roads in acceptable condition actually declined to 71% between 2020-22. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics ranks LA 45th. Get more info: https://t.co/SVcgcqQYwV

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CABL Louisiana Fact Book Indicator of the Week: Louisiana employment growth has been modest at best in recent years. The overall number of people employed in the state is about the same as a decade ago, lagging both the nation and the South. Learn more: https://t.co/SVcgcqQqHn

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CABL Louisiana Fact Book Indicator of the Week: LA has seen some recent upticks in job growth, but over the last year it has lagged far behind the nation and the South. Learn more: https://t.co/SVcgcqQYwV

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CABL President Barry Erwin sat down with LPB anchor Karen LeBlanc to discuss CABL's 35 indicators measuring the state's wellbeing. Find out how we're doing on the things that matter. (Starts at 12:32) https://t.co/YHskV9KGN2, @lpborg , @KarenLeBlancTV, #lalege

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From the Advocate: A closer look at CABL's key indicators is a mixed bag for Louisiana's overall wellbeing. https://t.co/FIONJthptu via @theadvocatebr

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Guest column: A closer look at CABL's key indicators of wellbeing is a mixed bag for Louisiana https://t.co/FIONJthXj2 via @theadvocatebr

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CABL's 2024 Louisiana Fact Book: Third grade reading levels are showing good improvement, but lag behind pre-COVID levels. Still, it's an encouraging trend which hopefully will accelerate with the recent focus on early literacy. See all 35 indicators: https://t.co/SVcgcqQqHn

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CABL's 2024 Louisiana Fact Book is out. See if we are making progress on 35 key indicators measuring the wellbeing of our state. https://t.co/ooOkvg3jvo

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CABL's Louisiana Fact Book Indicator of the Week. The percent of third graders reading at the Mastery level has risen six points since 2022. Good progress, but more to do. See details here: https://t.co/SVcgcqQYwV

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Louisiana is trending downward when it comes to well-being indicators  https://t.co/dpj9f1OSm4 via @Baton Rouge Business Report

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Appreciate Gov. Landry signing 3 bills to strengthen charter schools in LA.

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Waiting to see when this very consequential bill which CABL opposes will be heard on the House floor. Probably soon. @theadvocatebr has a good take on it. #lalege
https://t.co/ZHuugaYnxe

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The full House will soon be taking up a bill that seeks to scrap the process designed to insulate the Louisiana Board of Ethics from political influence.
https://t.co/ZHuugaXPHG

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The House will soon be taking up a bill that seeks to scrap the process designed to insulate the Louisiana Board of Ethics from political influence.
https://t.co/HF4a62oFMw

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Hopefully, the House will act wisely and kill the effort to gut the current process for appointing members to the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
https://t.co/Sk6Ij63Lbz

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Guest column: Legislators should be careful about expanding governor's power https://t.co/fi8B4613iV via @nolanews

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This is well worth reading about the powers of executives to make appointments.
https://t.co/v4zEMDWl8o

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The Legislature should exercise caution in giving Louisiana's governor more authority in making appointments to state boards and commissions.
https://t.co/v4zEMDWl8o