Yancy LeGrande

LSU; Kinda Economist; Lover of Louisiana Politics —Opinions my own—

[PAR Louisiana @PARLouisiana]

Don't forget! Early voting for the May 16 election continues through Saturday, May 9. Five constitutional amendments are on the ballot. Read PAR's Guide to the Amendments and watch PAR's explanatory webinar for more details and info. #lalege #lagov #laed
Guide: https://t.co/Phczqm8wet
Webinar: https://t.co/pdoqpY8Xv3

[The Advocate @theadvocatebr]

This Louisiana national park tells a story of slavery that some fear will be erased https://t.co/BXmStHg6Sr

[Richard Campanella @nolacampanella]

Natchitoches, Louisiana....

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

BUDGET: Revenue Estimating Conference increases state general fund forecast by $130M for current budget year that ends June 30. For next year that begins July 1, general fund forecast increased by $139M. Gives lawmakers more money to spend as they craft the budget. #lalege

[Acadiana Advocate @theadvocateaca]

Lafayette Parish will vote Saturday on two property tax renewals https://t.co/Wf6lJraW7D

[Andrés Fuentes @news_fuentes]

NASA has the best view of all the Louisiana sneaux ⚜️❄️

@FOX8NOLA

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

House and Senate are done with the major tax bills of the session. The package of bills they intend to pass have received final passage and will soon be on their way to the governor's desk. #lalege

[Governor Jeff Landry @LAGovJeffLandry]

.@Sen_Henry09, @SpkrDeVillier, and I have committed to the people of Louisiana that we will ensure the necessary funding to finish I-49 North, I-49 South, the Calcasieu River Bridge, and the Baton Rouge Bridge.

[Yancy LeGrande @YancyLe]

Interesting perspective

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Excited to see Burgum land a cabinet role in the new administration.

He's a YIMBY abundance guy:

"We invented zoning. And zoning came during the Industrial Revolution when there was a lot of air pollution. People said, "Hey, we're going to have the factories here and the people here, and we got to keep them separate." And then we went even further and said, "Well, here's the kind of homes that can be and retails there."

It was a one dimensional map, and you draw it out and say, everyone, all these four things have got to be separate. And yes, that was great for people that built roads, and was great for the car companies. And then we built cities all over America that are designed for automobiles and not designed for people.

And then if you take a look at your cost, it's a linear feed of sewer and water and sidewalk and roads. And then when you get more of that, you need to have more fire stations. Low income. If you get if you have a neighborhood that's all houses, if you want to have a coffee shop that looks like a house, you should be all of a coffee shop.

Because then people say, "When I leave my starter home, I want to move to a new home. It's got to have three cars, three car garage wise, have three car garage," because the mom, the dad and the kids all got a car to be able to drive to school, drive to church, drive to a restaurant, drive to a grocery store. Of course, you know that because you can't walk to anything.

And then people will go on a vacation, and they'll say, "Wow, that was the most amazing vacation I ever had." Why? Well, because they went to some place where they could walk, and everything was right there. Well, you can actually have that in our own states.

You just have to design and you haven't sent you know, there's places in Northern Europe that have snow where people bike all winter long. You can't hardly you can find a place like that in the US, because we don't put the investment into building the infrastructure for multimodal transportation.

So I think one of the things that that we have to look at as country, our housing costs are high in part because of the way that we've designed our cities. Check out form-based code. There's some really interesting things that are there.

And you guys talked about beginning the granny flats and other stuff, but part of is we've got to get the coffee shop, the barber shop and law firms back into residential neighborhoods in ways that can help lower the cost and create services where you don't need a car for everything."

[Louisiana Boys State @LABoysState]

Louisiana Boys State marks an 85-year legacy of brotherhood at a new campus, Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

STATE SURPLUS: The first official estimate of the budget surplus from the fiscal year that ended June 30 has been calculated: $595M.
Lawmakers can't use the money to fill budget gaps, however. Louisiana's constitution limits surplus spending to specific items. #lalege

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

NEWS: Louisiana might have met the triggers to for an automatic personal income tax cut in '26.

*This would increase next year's budget shortfall from nearly $600m to $700m/$800m.

*It could complicate @LAGovJeffLandry's tax overhaul plan. #lalege

https://t.co/XDIvKkFdF2

[Yancy LeGrande @YancyLe]

Excited to see this getting off the ground!

[Acadiana Advocate @theadvocateaca]

How can we support Lafayette's music ecosystem? A $48,500 study aims to provide solutions. https://t.co/DObemwj8hI

[Acadiana Advocate @theadvocateaca]

Lafayette poboy shop named one of America's best mom-and-pop restaurants for comfort food https://t.co/r4rHnIdCkB

[Louisiana Boys State @LABoysState]

We are honored to announce we are moving to Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond for the 2025 program. While our location may change, our values remain.

[Yancy LeGrande @YancyLe]

@ByPiperHutch My hometown! Great place

[Greg Hilburn @GregHilburn1]

Honored to be invited to speak to Boys State on beautiful Northwestern State campus with ⁦@DrJBHenderson⁩ #lagov #lalege

[Louisiana Boys State @LABoysState]

At Louisiana Boys State, participants experience for themselves the various issues faced by government officials at the state & local levels.

Registration for #LABS2024 is open. Contact your district’s American Legion representative to learn more: https://t.co/z798Qa3I3v

[Louisiana Boys State @LABoysState]

Registration for the 2024 session of Louisiana Boys State is open.

Contact your district’s American Legion representative to learn more. Find your district’s American Legion representative: https://t.co/z798Qa3I3v

#LABS2024