Matthew Albright

Politics editor at @nolanews and @theadvocatebr.
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[Andrea Gallo @aegallo]

Late-breaking news today: Louisiana State Police will pay $4.8 million to settle the wrongful death suit brought against them by the family of Ronald Greene, who troopers beat to death during an arrest in 2019

https://t.co/ADVd1hf46r

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

I asked Gov. Jeff Landry how involved he was in bringing Will Wade back to LSU: "Let me just say, I helped wherever I could. Will and I are very close. I was sad that we didn't pick him up last year (in 2025). It was something that irritated me. LSU missed an opportunity. It’s why there was a big change in leadership over there (in the athletic department)."

State of sports: Gov. Jeff Landry riffs on rodeo, Saints, Pelicans, Will Wade, Lane Kiffin in Q&A https://t.co/wptq8zUFQh via @nolanews

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

If you want to understand Louisiana's big elections this year, the deepest, most extensive coverage you can find is on @NOLAnews and @theadvocatebr. You can get 12 months for $12 bucks (and give a virtual hug to our hardworking journalists!)
https://t.co/dVz3OoqHc3

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

You've probably seen the ads flying around that accuse Julia Letlow of supporting DEI, but what does that actually mean? @tegbridges explains where this is coming from and why her Senate opponents are seizing on it. https://t.co/OkRodklteg

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

You've probably seen the ads flying around that accuse Julia Letlow of supporting DEI, but what does that actually mean? @tegbridges explains where this is coming from and why her Senate opponents are seizing on it. https://t.co/OkRodklteg

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

Working on a story about inspection stickers and New Orleans and look what the ole' google machine found, @TyBatiste @Kyle_Whitfield? https://t.co/oiESI5kZqK

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

@rjamesfinn

[Andrea Gallo @aegallo]

Breaking: Baton Rouge Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts has been kicked off the bench, an extraordinarily rare step for a judge in Louisiana that has not happened in 16 years:
https://t.co/tkxOUiNikN

[James Finn @rjamesfinn]

Full story with @Laranicholson_: New Orleans, Louisiana brace for Border Patrol immigration sweeps in coming weeks https://t.co/M0XSbWfVD0 via @nolanews

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

If you care about LSU football, you should end your day by asking "Hey Google, what did @whalexander_ write today?"
Dude's on an absolute heater.

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

Superb reporting on the convergence of campus politics and politics politics and a gov who wants to run everything

https://t.co/fVPARQdNhE

[Tyler Bridges @tegbridges]

The inside story of how Wade Rousse became LSU president — with Gov. Jeff Landry's help. Landry also played a role in the hiring of the other recent university president vacancies. UL-Lafayette is next #lalege #lagov https://t.co/kCHRhNR3Y4 via @theadvocatebr

[Patrick Sloan-Turner @PatSloanTurner]

Last night, Edwards brought the Baton Rouge Metro Council a 2026 budget that includes hundreds of layoffs and double digit % point cuts to almost every agency.

But BRPD and fire - who together account for about half the budget - are unscathed.

https://t.co/KgccV1j1YU

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

Can strongly recommend sitting down with a cup of coffee and really spending some time with this story.
Just absolutely essential reading if you care about LSU.

[Wilson Alexander @whalexander_]

Brian Kelly had never been fired as a head coach. What went wrong for him at LSU?

Spoke to 15 people involved in the team about what it was like the past four years.

Inside his LSU tenure: https://t.co/imTHuOcwGF

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

@aegallo yo I had forgotten about this

[Scott Rabalais @RabalaisAdv]

Gov. Jeff Landry says #LSU athletic director Scott Woodward isn't picking next football coach https://t.co/BvXoxDT2ui via @theadvocatebr

[Andrea Gallo @aegallo]

As Jeff Landry, Brian Kelly, Scott Woodward, etc. keep making news, there's a long history of Louisiana governors meddling in LSU football. Bobby Jindal, for example, told LSU's former chancellor in 2011 he had to do whatever it took to keep Les Miles:
https://t.co/DkG3A4IWPG

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

USA! USA! USA!

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Emilia D’Albero trained like an athlete. She sculpted and sliced until her hands ached, then bought a second fridge.

Her sport? Cheese.

She won the Mondial du Fromage, one of the world’s top cheese competitions, in September. https://t.co/7O6m0TeBzL

[Patrick Sloan-Turner @PatSloanTurner]

The warden was nice enough to give me The Advocate photographer Javier Gallegos access to nearly every inch of Baton Rouge's jail this week.

Javi put together a gallery showing an unprecedented look at the conditions inside the decrepit facility.

https://t.co/8mLqBUTiNg

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

A @tegbridges/@JeffDuncan_ /@AnthonyMcAuley2 byline?
Instant click.
https://t.co/hKpLG5KdXf

[Matthew Albright @malbrightLA]

@BradMyersTNJ @Ol_TimeFootball look at that magnificent mane