Patrick Wall retweeted
If you interact with a DOJ monitor at a Louisiana polling place today, I’d love to hear from you: jfinn@theadvocate.com, jamesfinn.82 on signal #lalege #lagov
Justice Department says its monitors will be deployed to polling sites in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette today
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After a previously defunct board in Louisiana voted to give SpaceX an estimated $24 billion tax exemption at a meeting where no members of the public were present, a lawyer allegedly said: “Take a second to savor the history that was literally just made."
great @alexlubben scoop
great @alexlubben scoop
NEW: A lawsuit seeks to void a Vermilion Parish board’s tax deal with SpaceX, alleging eight open meetings law violations, including an agenda that listed the deal under the code name “Project Osprey.”
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Patrick Wall retweeted
NEW: A lawsuit seeks to void a Vermilion Parish board’s tax deal with SpaceX, alleging eight open meetings law violations, including an agenda that listed the deal under the code name “Project Osprey.”
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Patrick Wall retweeted
A bartender traveling to New Orleans for tales of the cocktails was arrested by ICE at MSY and deported to a country she's never been to.
@rjamesfinn on how Louisiana has become the epicenter of ICE's deportations to countries people have no ties to nola.com/news/courts/al…
@rjamesfinn on how Louisiana has become the epicenter of ICE's deportations to countries people have no ties to nola.com/news/courts/al…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
Louisiana’s absenteeism rate is improving, but 1 in 5 students still regularly miss school nola.com/news/education… via @patrick_wall #lalege #laed
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Patrick Wall retweeted
Thousands of public school employees - administrators, counselors, nurses - who received state stipends before won't get them under @LAGovJeffLandry's plan.
12,200 school jobs that came with stipends last yr. wouldn't qualify for them this yr. #lalege
lailluminator.com/2026/07/29/lan…
12,200 school jobs that came with stipends last yr. wouldn't qualify for them this yr. #lalege
lailluminator.com/2026/07/29/lan…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
Louisiana is revamping its public school funding formula over the next five months. Advocates are concerned that's too short a time frame. (Tennessee and Texas took far longer to do the same thing and involved more people.) From @patrick_wall #lalege
nola.com/news/education…
nola.com/news/education…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
So where's that $198m you provided for teacher stipends for the past 3 years?
@LAGovJeffLandry and lawmakers are forced to cut $168m from school operations and shift it to stipends because they never included the $198m for stipends in the budget to begin with. #lalege
@LAGovJeffLandry and lawmakers are forced to cut $168m from school operations and shift it to stipends because they never included the $198m for stipends in the budget to begin with. #lalege
Once again, the media is misleading the public. Shame on them.
We are NOT cutting public school funding. Period.
Last time I checked, teachers are part of the public school budget. Do teachers not deserve a pay raise?
Not a single dollar is being taken away from public ing in teachers, not bureaucracy.
The facts are simple, and the media should start reporting them.
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Patrick Wall retweeted
Judge blocks Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut school budgets to fund teacher stipends nola.com/news/politics/… via @patrick_wall #lalege #laed
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Some pretty big Louisiana education news: Advocates filed a lawsuit today to block @LAGovJeffLandry's plan to cut public school funding by $168 million to pay for teacher stipends. nola.com/news/education…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
Louisiana school superintendents warn about proposed education cut to fund teacher stipends: ‘We can’t do this’ (from @patrick_wall) #lalege #laed app.theadvocate.com/article/986692…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
As enrollment declines and staff grows, Louisiana public schools may soon face a reckoning (from @patrick_wall) #lalege #laed nola.com/news/education…
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There have been only four Black congressmen elected to the U.S. House from Louisiana since Reconstruction.
They’re all in this photo.
They’re all in this photo.
Rep. Cleo Fields, whose 6th Congressional District was ruled unconstitutional, gives his testimony. Fields pointed out how the only four African-American representatives from Louisiana since 1877 are here. #lalege #lagov @LAFirstNews
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Patrick Wall retweeted
NEW: How YouTube Took Over the American Classroom. We got granular viewing data from parents on how much YouTube kids are watching at school, on school devices, during school hours. 13,000 videos in three months. 200 on a day in March, before lunchtime. wsj.com/us-news/educat…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
New w/ @patrickdmarley: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates Wednesday that he plans to suspend next month’s primary elections so state lawmakers can pass a new congressional map first, per two people with knowledge of the call. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
I just asked LA Gov Jeff Landry whether Legislature would redraw congressional districts this year in light of SCOTUS decision. He said it's too early to say. Landry and legislators are now in a bind. The primary is May 16. Will Trump pressure them to eliminate 1 Dem seat? #lalege #lagov
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Patrick Wall retweeted
New @NOLAnews project out today from the great @patrick_wall. Louisiana traditional public school enrollment is plummeting, leading to layoffs, program cuts, campaigns to win back students. What does this mean for Louisiana’s future?
nola.com/news/education…
nola.com/news/education…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
Do Louisiana public schools need more money? State and district leaders debate funding boost. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… via @patrick_wall #lalege #laed
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Patrick Wall retweeted
‘GATOR is not going to grow’: Senate President rejects Jeff Landry’s bid to expand school vouchers, says he’ll push to keep funding flat at $44M (from @patrick_wall) #lalege #laed nola.com/news/education…
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Patrick Wall retweeted
Folks, people are literally freezing to death in their homes without power in northern Louisiana. More than 46,000 Entergy customers without electricity this afternoon #lagov #lalege #WinterStormFern shreveporttimes.com/story/news/202… via @shreveporttimes
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