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In my 12 years covering the Louisiana Legislature, this group of people rallying against cuts for child care assistance is the largest I've ever seen on the Capitol steps during session. #lalege

This is striking in the face of bills like the one in Louisiana to ban fluoride in public water systems.

A bill that could let family members sue medical providers over suspected abortions advanced in the legislature this week. It’s just one of several reproductive health bills being considered. @rosemarywestwood.bsky.social breaks down these bills today on Louisiana Considered. wwno.org/show/louisiana…

Six of the seven women state reps. who were "absent" for this vote to allow would-be fathers, grandparents to sue over "help" for an abortion are Republicans. #lalege #lagov

Louisiana lawmakers may eliminate the ability for the public to confidentially or anonymously file an ethics complaint about an elected official or a government employee. The ethics board said the bill will have a "chilling" effect. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/05/14/con…

A documentary featuring reporting and remarks from David Hammer and me on the ongoing clergy abuse scandal in New Orleans is making its world premiere at London's Raindance film festival on June 26. The film is gut wrenching but takes the stories of survivors many in NOLA...

New KFF research estimates between 140,000 and 230,000 people in Louisiana would lose health coverage under GOP proposed cuts kff.org/affordable-car…

Really important reporting from Kat Stromquist on the failures of Louisiana jails to meet the needs of pregnant and postpartum women. wwno.org/law/2025-05-19…

As Congress continues to debate cuts to Medicaid, a new report shows that the program has been central to providing health coverage for women of childbearing age. Today on Louisiana Considered, @rosemarywestwood.bsky.social tells us how cuts will specifically impact pregnant people in rural areas.

The Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee forwards a bill that would make it harder to win lawsuit damages over poor nursing home care. No objections. Local nursing homes are facing over 60 lawsuits about bed sores, sepsis, rotting flesh etc. #lalege

The MAHA movement seems focused on taking food dyes out of cereal. “How about we take E. coli out of our lettuce, so it doesn’t kill our kids?” says the dad of 9-year–old who landed in the hospital after eating tainted lettuce. Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News + The Washington Post

A proposal to end the addition of fluoride from public drinking water in Louisiana failed Wednesday in the legislature following passionate testimony from health care and dental professionals, elise plunk reports #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/briefs/attempt…

It is odd that while House Speaker Mike Johnson has been working to reduce federal Medicaid spending nationally, Governor Jeff Landry has requested the feds increase Medicaid spending in Louisiana by hundreds of millions of dollars annually. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/06/01/lou…

SCOOP: The National Weather Service has secured permission to hire about 125 new meteorologists & other specialists as it faces acute staffing shortages in wake of Trump admin. cuts cnn.com/2025/06/02/wea…

'Entirely preventable:' Agency scrutinizes 3 accidents, one deadly, at Louisiana chemical plant theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… via The Advocate