Rob Laperle

Investigative reporter & Primary producer for KALB's state news show "Louisiana Latest." An avid La. Lege enjoyer. Reposts are not endorsements.

[KALB News Channel 5 @KALBtv5]

FULL STORY HERE ➡️ https://t.co/nsod5JES8T

[Office of Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser @LouisianaLtGov]

🌹🎶 Louisiana’s back in the #RoseParade! Rising country star John Foster from Addis will perform mid-parade as our “Gulf to Gumbo” float rolls on New Year’s Day. #OnlyLouisiana #FeedYourSoul

[Lester Duhé @LesterDuhe]

Additional statement from @AGLizMurrill on our brief filed in #SCOTUS for Louisiana’s redistricting case, Louisiana v. Callais. #lalege
https://t.co/G0qeUSqmXy

[FOX 8 New Orleans @FOX8NOLA]

#BREAKING: A judge deemed 38-year-old Joshua Kagler as a risk to victims and denied him bond. Kagler is accused of 12 counts of sex crimes against minors. https://t.co/HiZH6Iu55g

[WAFB @WAFB]

#BREAKING NAKAMOTO: DOC lieutenant resigns after arrest https://t.co/uAhugPZsLh

[KALB News Channel 5 @KALBtv5]

STORY HERE >> https://t.co/q7Hx2KF51M

[Deon Guillory (INSERT BLUE CHECK) @DeonGuillory]

The EBR metro council just approved the first flag for the parish. It will start flying outside city hall tomorrow. You can read more about it here @WAFB

https://t.co/BIBjT3dfPW

[Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry @Louisiana_sos]

In honor of their national championship victory this weekend and the celebration planned for tomorrow evening, Sec. Landry has declared Wednesday, June 25, @LSUbaseball Day! Don your purple & gold and join us in saluting the Tigers on their outstanding season! #GeauxTigers

[Kasie Hunt @kasie]

.@CNN Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say @NatashaBertrand @ZcohenCNN

[Jay Johnson @LSUCoachJ]

Home! ⁦@LSUbaseball⁩

[Colin Vedros @colinpvedros]

BREAKING NEWS: Mahmoud Khalil has been released from ICE custody in Jena, Louisiana.

(Photo: Eric Prado/KALB-TV)

@KALBtv5

[Mark Schleifstein @MSchleifstein]

U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals finds Louisiana's law requiring posting of Ten Commandments in classrooms to be unconstitutional:
https://t.co/P47FFhB8IG

[Andrés Fuentes @news_fuentes]

In one of the largest ICE raids in Louisiana history, 84 workers at Delta Downs were arrested.

Officials say the workers were hired illegally, mostly to tend to the stables.

The race course is also under investigation for illegal hiring.

@FOX8NOLA

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

"It's fair to say that there were questions about governing philosophy:" Former LSU President William Tate discusses reason for departure (from @WBRZ)
https://t.co/jTW5OGogAD #lalege #laed

[Lester Duhé @LesterDuhe]

State Senator @BlakeMiguezLA officially announces he is running for United States Senate against incumbent @SenBillCassidy next year.

[State Representative Danny McCormick @McCormick4LA]

I cast the only NO vote on Louisiana’s $49.3 billion budget—and I want to explain why.
The budget includes a $1.6 billion Medicaid expansion funded entirely by the federal government—for now. But with $37 trillion in national debt, how long until Washington shifts that burden onto Louisiana taxpayers?
We’re already spending $20.6 billion on Medicaid. If the federal share dries up, we could be on the hook for billions more—with no clear plan to pay for it. That’s a risk I’m not willing to take.
At the same time, funding for the LA GATOR scholarship program—designed to expand school choice—was slashed nearly in half.
It’s time to empower parents with more options—not fewer.
Parents should be the ones choosing the best path for their children—not bureaucrats.
I won’t support a budget that puts Louisiana families on the hook for exploding costs while pulling back on educational freedom. We can do better—and I’ll keep fighting to make sure we do.

[FactCheckGovLandry @ag_landry]

@RoyceDuplessis, blink twice if you need help

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

The Senate President (upon advice of the Senate attorney) has decided the fluoride bill can't be added to this legislation because it doesn't relate enough to the bill to be legal. So it's rejected. #lalege #lagov

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

House and Senate face a 6 p.m. deadline today to clear out a lot of their calendars. After that, bills that aren't on concurrence or in conference committee face tougher hurdles to pass, needing a two-thirds vote from each chamber to be debated. #lalege

[Robert Collins @DrRobertCollins]

Always remember: All politics is temporary. A permanent majority has never existed. Voter demographics are always changing. Public opinion is always changing. Historically, the voting pendulum has always swung back-and-forth. All politics is temporary.