Louisiana Progress

Fighting for poor and working class Louisianans through solutions-driven public policy (aka @LAProgress, but we tweet here)

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

🧵1/ We are thrilled to announce our Affordability Agenda for the 2026 Legislative Session!

We have been working with both Democrats and Republicans to provide concrete solutions to Louisiana’s affordability crisis!

#lalege #lagov

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

Curious what Louisiana’s new congressional map looks like?

Want to easily compare it to the previous versions?

Check out this tool we developed in partnership with @GC_CUNY #lalege #lagov: https://t.co/aY0URJhgnZ

[Steven Rattner @SteveRattner]

The Trump economy in a nutshell:

Corporate profits soar as workers’ incomes stay flat.

My @Morning_Joe Chart

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

Tomorrow, @LAGovJeffLandry will announce a plan to shift $150 million from school district funding into teacher pay to backfill the stipend they were supposed to lose. That's according to four lawmakers who wouldn't speak on the record about the plan. #lalege

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

It's simple: when rents go up, so does homelessness. But instead of making housing more affordable, the Cicero Institute is pushing the US to adopt expensive & ineffective anti-homeless laws that focus on arresting & ticketing people for sleeping outside. https://t.co/pn6Jh5PkcW

[ProPublica @propublica]

A new report determined that Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposed increase in prison spending would come at the expense of $165 million in education funding, including $40 million for state colleges and universities and $125 million for K-12 education.
https://t.co/eBLQujyl54

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

It’s because prices for *essentials* just keep rising—you can’t skip food, utilities, gas, healthcare, etc. payments—while wages and luxury goods prices largely remain flat.

The only people who can actually get ahead are those who are already ahead.

[Basil🧡 @LinkofSunshine]

The permanent vibecession is here to stay

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

@JayBienvenu Odd take, both because you seem to be devaluing yourself and your vote, and because you think people must identify with a political party in order to have that vote. But maybe we’re forgetting the part in the constitution that says people have to belong to political parties.

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

Hard agree with the senate president. No Party voters are just that; voters. They shouldn’t have to align with a political party to exercise their franchise. #lalege #lagov

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

How does Louisiana Senate President Cameron Henry feel about a bill that could exclude no-party voters from Republican and Democratic primaries?

"I don't like it." #lalege #lagov

https://t.co/8AGIJq8DAL

[Stephanie Grace @stephgracela]

So much for nobody getting a raise if teachers don’t

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

Hello @JeffBezos, since you question the results of our studies on the unfairness of the US tax system, please allow me to remind you of the main conclusions of our work, the most comprehensive research to date on this issue.

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

ok, but we should definitely try it first instead of just taking your word for it

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

Blatant disenfranchisement of ~1/3 of Louisiana’s voters.

Choosing not to join a political party shouldn’t shut you out of a major part of the political process, esp. as more people feel disenchanted with politics.

Disenfranchising them will exacerbate that trend. #lalege

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

Louisiana's Democrat/GOP state party leaders would be able to exclude "no-party" voters (often called independent voters) from party primary elections, under a bill that's close to becoming law.

It's just one Senate vote away from passing. #lalege

https://t.co/dbPIFtlpJY

[Face The Nation @FaceTheNation]

“Is the message here for Republicans that if you dissent from the President, he is going to take you down?” @margbrennan asked Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) after Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy’s defeat in his Republican primary.

“Well, it is one of the many reasons, Margaret, why we need to open primaries up in all 50 states,” Fitzpatrick said. “Closed primaries, coupled with gerrymandering, your previous question, are really, really hurting our country. They're causing gridlock on the House floor.”

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

We’ve updated https://t.co/ZTuTeEBvCR to include the latest version of SB121, Sen. Jay Morris’s bill to redraw Louisiana’s congressional map.

Easily compare the proposed map to the current map & the 2022 map with the slider tool.

#lalege #lagov @SR_spatial @GC_CUNY

[Nick Troiano @NickTroiano]

Let’s be clear about today’s election in Louisiana.

Politicians spent millions of dollars to reinstate a party primary (and only for federal office) in a state that for 50 years had none for one reason: as retribution against Senator Cassidy for daring to stand up to his party and defend the Constitution.

Corrupt insiders close primaries for the same reason they gerrymander districts: to pick their voters, rig outcomes, consolidate power and dodge accountability.

It’s the same dynamic in AK and CA, where R and D party bosses, respectively, are currently trying to repeal all-candidate primaries that give all voters the freedom to vote for whoever they want, regardless of party (in the elections they pay for!).

The real fight for our democracy isn’t between Left and Right; it’s between power-hungry Party Bosses and the People.

Wake up, America! They aren’t (just) trying to block your access to the ballot…they are systemically trying to make sure your vote in November doesn’t actually matter.

It’s the oldest trick in the book. As Tammany Hall’s Boss Tweed famously said: “I don't care who does the electing, so long as I do the nominating.” That’s exactly what Governor Landry is telling the citizens of Louisiana today.

A century ago, citizens stood up and got rid of the smoke-filled rooms. It’s time we do so again. @uniteamerica

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

As family homelessness hits record highs, school districts are offering parking lots as safe sites for students and their families to sleep at night https://t.co/PYABAl9XCH

[skooks @skooks]

The President of St. John Parish has personally barred the only theater in the parish from showing a documentary about the now-closed Denka chemical plant https://t.co/kBWPxxMQO1

[John Walton @John_Walton_]

The State Senate will take up Senate Bill 121 on Thursday. The Senate convenes at 9:30 a.m. #lagov #lalege #Louisiana #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS https://t.co/FegV6xgHeR @LAFirstNews

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

For those following the #Louisiana #lalege #redistricting debate, we worked w/@SR_spatial & @GC_CUNY to update the Louisiana Redistricting & You tool so you can easily compare current & past maps to the new proposal, SB121.

Check it out here: https://t.co/KA9kse4uLJ…

[Louisiana Progress @LAProgressAct]

It’s hard to say one decision by the Roberts court is the worst, especially with Callais being so recent, but Citizens United probably has to take the cake.

It’s absolutely insane to live in a time where individuals are spending 10s of millions of $$ to influence elections.

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

NEW THIS MORNIG:

The biggest donor in the 2026 midterms?

Andreessen Horowitz.

The firm has spent $115 million on politics this cycle, a never-before-seen investment by a venture capital firm to shape American politics, crypto and AI.

Inside the strategy, at the link.