“From a voter perspective a lot of people feel that they can’t really get their representatives or senators to pay attention to what’s important to them and this gives another option, a difficult one, but it does give another option,” said Landry.
Read MoreState Rep. Mandie Landry of New Orleans rejoined the Louisiana Democratic Party on Friday, several months after becoming a political independent to protest moves by the party hierarchy.
Read More“We will soon start a legislative session where we will have to address critical state issues such as taxes and insurance, while also fighting back against national forces who want to continue to use Louisiana as a battleground for extreme and harmful policies,” Landry said.
Read More"We all agree that the voter rolls have to be accurate and accurately counted, who's dead and who's active and who's not — that was not done here. They just picked a number out of the air," said Landry.
Read MoreYesterday State Rep. Mandie Landry published a statement on social media saying in part, “The decision by the court to allow the parties to “settle” on the amount of active votes is, in my opinion as a lawyer and a legislator, not following Louisiana Law.
Read MoreState Representative Mandie Landry came to speak to Tulane School of Medicine students today about her recent work in New Orleans, including the advancements of reproductive rights, child/maternal health, and gun violence.
Read MoreMeanwhile, State Representative Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans) said what she considered the arbitrary nature of the number agreed upon by both parties is cause for concern.
Read MoreMandie Landry on the parade route this Mardi Gras.
Read MoreState Rep. Mandie Landry, of New Orleans, left the Democratic Party late last year, in part over frustrations with Bernhardt’s leadership. Landry currently has no party affiliation.
Read More“There’s nothing to show that she’d be a strong, principled governor because she hasn’t been a strong, principled chair,” Landry said.
Read MoreState Rep. Mandie Landry, a New Orleans Democrat, took to Twitter and noted New York lawmakers make almost 10 times more than Louisiana lawmakers. “Even $40,000 per year would be a substantial difference for us,” she said. “Maybe things would look different here if all Louisiana residents had the capability to run for the Legislature.”
Read MoreAnonymous users posting reaction to the law on the New Orleans subreddit hailed Landry for opposing it, and warned of its unintended consequences, including potential legal costs to the state of defending it in court, amid other perils.
Read More"It just lends itself to absurd implications," Landry told The Center Square. "The question is what is pornography or obscenity, who gets to decide, and how is that enforced? So much of that is in the eye of the beholder."
Read MoreLandry, an attorney, also pointed out that the law runs into more existential First Amendment questions that may render it both unconstitutional and unenforceable. And besides, she says, there are already many perfectly effective parental control systems out there.
Read MoreThe policy, which affects charter schools citywide, seeks to standardize how pregnant students are supported no matter the school, said Orleans Parish School Board member Katie Baudouin.
Read More“I mean we’re always going to try to expand it and clarify issues in the next session. And I think this group, it’s such a diverse group, they’ve been working really hard. I think they’re going to come up with some good practical suggestions,” said Rep. Landry (D).
Read MoreCreated through a resolution Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans) sponsored, the task force has spent months looking at other states’ laws to draft proposals.
Read MoreTo most observers, little besides race and gender separates Royce Duplessis and Mandie Landry as the two liberal Democratic state representatives compete for a Louisiana Senate seat on Nov. 8.
Read MoreToday, Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and Director of the Gender Policy Council, and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, chaired a meeting with state legislative leaders from states that have banned abortion.
Read MoreWith medical marijuana now available to Louisiana’s workforce, employees have raised concerns that they could be fired or face other job-related repercussions for testing positive for a legal drug taken on the advice of a physician. A new state panel is searching for solutions to this potential problem that will protect workers and employers.
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