I know i jokingly called it the Paul Blart Bill, but it’s really good legislation

Wow… great bill made better with amendments if all the information is being presented factually. I’m sorry to learn the New Orleans contingent voted against it. They are their own worst enemies. Who will protect THEM the next time they are threatened by an unhinged person at CVS

🚧 Finger-pointing in the French Quarter as businesses close and people lose their livelihoods. @LouisianaLtGov has there been *any* movement on the state taking over management of the Quarter? Any at all? We can't have this kind of chaos in such a vital district. #lalege #lagov

👏 What 25- to 28-member Troop NOLA has done is "nothing short of remarkable." @MetroCrimeNOLA looked at stats. Since 2024: 1,200 arrests. Removed 200 firearms. Recovered 115 stolen cars, $180k in cash, 40 ATVs. *22% of open felonies are @LAStatePolice arrests.* #lalege #lagov

🎯 Spot on, @nopjf.

👏 Troop NOLA @LAStatePolice

Another airball article from @NOLAnews Here are the FACTS: When Gov. Landry Finished What Orleans Politicians Started, Suddenly It Was an “Attack” Th coverage of Gov. Landry's "crackdown on New Orleans courts" has been heavy on outrage and light on facts. That’s not an accident — because the facts don’t support the media's agenda. Orleans is the only parish in the state with separate criminal and civil district courts, resulting in Louisiana funding almost triple the number of judges in Orleans compared to parishes of comparable population like Jefferson, Lafayette, East Baton Rouge, and St. Tammany. Elected officials are feigning outrage at legislation that passed which reduces the number of judges in Orleans and consolidates the courts. What makes the outrage particularly hollow is that dating back to the late 1980’s the Orleans delegation has fought to consolidate their own courts and reduce judgeships. This was their idea first. As a legislator, Mayor Moreno didn’t just support court consolidation, the elimination of an elected clerk and 2 elected judges - in 2014 she carried one bill herself - at the request of then Mayor Mitch Landrieu. In 2016 she voted for it again when Orleans Rep. Walt Leger carried the bill. Current Council President, former Senator JP Morrell, voted for it too. Judge Calvin Johnson also supported consolidation and reiterated that publicly at a conference in 2025. Not one of them appeared this session to testify in opposition - because they couldn't. Walking into that committee room would have meant answering for their own voting records. So they stayed in New Orleans where they knew the media wouldn't call them out. And the media didn't. It wasn't just the courts that had become bloated, the number of state funded positions for the DA of Orleans was indefensible. St. Tammany and Washington Parishes get a combined 30 state-funded assistant DA positions handling 8,170 criminal cases a year. Orleans gets 83 state-funded positions - for just 4,237 cases. Orleans has half the caseload, but gets three times the prosecutors. If a reporter put those two numbers side by side, the entire “attack on New Orleans” framing collapses. So they didn’t. Current DA Jason Williams, who as Council President had no problem slashing then DA Cannizzaro's budget, didn’t testify against the legislation either. If he had favorable data to push back, he would have been there to present it. He didn't show up. The funding structure for Orleans Parish courts was built for a city with a much larger population and a much heavier caseload. That city no longer exists. Neighboring parishes have grown and need more resources. Realigning state funding to reflect that reality isn’t targeting New Orleans - it’s basic math that Orleans politicians themselves have championed for over three decades. They just never managed to get it done. Governor Landry did. And for the delegation that spent years pushing these same reforms, that appears to be the one thing they cannot forgive. @tegbridges @LAGovJeffLandry @AGLizMurrill @Sen_Henry09 @SpkrDeVillier @JulieEmerson @HeatherCloud4 @JayJaymorris3 @DIXONMCMAKIN @BlakeMiguezLA @RoyceDuplessis @jimmy4nola @stewartcatheyjr @RepSchlegel @d_villio @ValarieHHodges @KleinpeterCaleb @votelandry @RepAlanSeabaugh @wdsu @WWLAMFM @NOLAnews @FOX8NOLA @FoxNews @WBRZ @jeffcrouere @McmathPat @FixNOLA

“The tide has turned against New Orleans politically. It’s pretty drastic.” #lalege and everyone else watched as New Orleans leaders, time and again, showed political weakness — failing to hold the mayor, DA, judges, and others accountable. #lagov nola.com/news/politics/legis…

Landry’s Veto Was Right. Legislators: You Should Be Embarrassed. Jason Williams ran for New Orleans DA with a civil rights division as the centerpiece of his campaign promise. Once elected, that division got to work releasing people from prison who had been convicted of crimes, often without even telling the victims. Murder cases. Rape cases. Armed robbery. Hundreds of releases. Here’s what most people didn’t know: every time Williams declared someone “innocent,” that person became eligible for money from Louisiana’s State Innocence Compensation Fund. That’s state money - taxpayer dollars from across the state. Williams didn’t seem to have a problem with that arrangement. But then something changed. A man named Raymond Flanks - freed by Williams after serving 39 years - sued Williams’ office directly in federal court. Suddenly, Williams’ own lawyers argued his civil rights division had overstepped and actually had no evidence of unconstitutional practices that led to the original conviction. The same DA who first called these convictions unjust admitted, in court, that he was wrong. With over $10 million already paid out and 13 more federal lawsuits pending, Williams is now admitting in court what he never did on the campaign trail - his innocence claims may have been wrong. That change came the moment he realized his office could be on the hook for the bill, instead of the state. Williams' civil rights division - once his signature campaign promise to voters - effectively collapsed, its director resigning rather than watch the mission get dismantled from within. But that collapse doesn’t mean it’s over. Now that Williams has admitted that his civil rights division overstepped, he's essentially undermining the factual innocence claims his own office made in many cases where individuals are still seeking state money from the Louisiana State Innocence Compensation Fund. Louisiana taxpayers are likely staring down millions more in losses before this is done. So where does the Louisiana Legislature fit in? They knew. In September of 2024, a Senate hearing laid out exactly what Williams’ civil rights division had been doing - in detail. Lawmakers heard it, acknowledged it, and apparently forgot about it. Then, this year, they unanimously passed a bill raising the payout cap from the State Innocence Compensation Fund - from $400,000 to $600,000 per person - without adding a single safeguard to prevent the same abuse from happening again. This isn’t about whether innocent people deserve compensation. They do. But the legislature had a clear and simple opportunity: fix the process before you pass the increase. Make sure the people getting paid are actually innocent. Instead, they took the easy vote. They wanted to feel good and look compassionate. But good intentions without accountability isn’t compassion, it’s performance. Landry vetoed the bill. The legislature should be embarrassed he had to. @LAGovJeffLandry @AGLizMurrill @Sen_Henry09 @SpkrDeVillier @JulieEmerson @HeatherCloud4 @JayJaymorris3 @DIXONMCMAKIN @BlakeMiguezLA @RoyceDuplessis @jimmy4nola @stewartcatheyjr @RepSchlegel @d_villio @ValarieHHodges @KleinpeterCaleb @votelandry @RepAlanSeabaugh @wdsu @WWLAMFM @NOLAnews @FOX8NOLA @FoxNews @WBRZ @jeffcrouere @McmathPat @FixNOLA

Judge-shopping is a serious threat to the integrity of our judicial system. Act 541 requires that a case be re-allotted to another judge when a criminal defendant waives trial by jury. The District Attorney (Or AG) can waive reallocation. Thank you, State Representative Josh Carlson, for partnering with my office on this critical bill! #lalege aglizmurrill.com/Article/528

Thank you to @LAGovJeffLandry for signing into law the Jacob Carter Death and Dignity Act! And special thank you to @votelandry for your support in getting this bill forward. #justiceforJake #lalege

Sen. Carter’s statement ignores the elephant in the room. Does not address whether he had any involvement in protecting his cousin’s seat on the bench. 🤔 #lalege 📰 Last-minute swap in New Orleans judicial cuts raises questions as bill heads to governor nola.com/news/new-orleans-ju…

Act 54 closes a loophole where criminals may be prematurely released on bail before the State has exhausted its rights to appeal when a claim for post-conviction relief is granted by a district court without a stay. This change ensures that a convicted individual remains in jail until the appellate process is complete. Thank you, Rep. @tbacala2, for carrying this important piece of legislation! #lalege aglizmurrill.com/Article/528

“Impose its will on the city…” What’s almost always missing from this kind of analysis is just how broken New Orleans government has been. Effectively screaming for state-level involvement. Eventually people grow tired of severe dysfunction. #lalege #lagov

Gov. Jeff Landry has issued his first veto from the regular session, nixing a bill by Lafayette Sen. Gerald Boudreaux that would have increased the cap on compensation somone can receive from the state for being wrongfully convicted. SB125: legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.… #lalege

👏 "We're going to enforce it..." @KennerPolice 👏 @LAStatePolice are expected to enforce it. ⁉️@NOPDNews has not said if they will enforce it. Let's get on board, @NOPDNews. #lalege

New Orleans judge responds after lawmakers attempt to eliminate her post: ‘Deeply blindsided’ nola.com/news/orleans-judge-…

Cameron Henry is a big part of the problem with a lot of these issues. Who stacked Judiciary A with plaintiff lawyers? Cameron Henry did. He abdicated responsibility here to let cronyism happen. What should happen is Cameron Henry should lose the Senate Presidency.