Fair Fight Announces 2023 National Fellowship Program, Expands to Nine Additional States

Now in its third year, Fair Fight has launched its premier Fair Fight National Fellowship Program for 2023. The highly-selective program for state legislatures has been expanded to include nine additional states.

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Battle over book bans in Louisiana libraries ramps up in legislatures

“This is clearly a censorship issue and that’s where it’s headed if they, they bring certain culture warriors, if they can succeed in censoring and removing very wholesome educational books then what’s next? Are they starting to go down a path of censoring speech? I think so,” Mandie Landry said.  

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New poll finds majority of Louisiana voters support abortion rights; see results

This session, state Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans) is proposing a new law that would allow the public to propose changes to the state's constitution without the approval of politicians.

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2023 Regular Legislative Session gets underway with several proposals up for debate

Rep. Mandie Landry, a Democrat, said she’s with the governor on raises for teachers. However, she said lawmakers should also, yet again, try to raise the minimum wage.

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AG Landry, legislators call for restricting 'sexual content' at public libraries

“I think it’s actually very strategic of them to make it maybe a little less absurd or a little less extreme than other states,” Rep. Landry said. “Because, remember, we have legislative and gubernatorial elections this year.”

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Bill to allow the public to bring a ballot initiative to be heard in upcoming session

“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.

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State Rep. Mandie Landry rejoins Louisiana Democratic Party, will run for re-election

State 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.

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Louisiana lawmaker rejoins Democratic Party ahead of session

“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.

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Mayor's lawyers for her campaign mull legal challenges to recall ruling

"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.

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Mayor Cantrell assembles legal team to explore options on recall

Yesterday 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.

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE MANDIE LANDRY

State 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.

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Local lawmaker, voting rights group slam settlement to lower Cantrell recall threshold

Meanwhile, 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.

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Louisiana Democratic chair Katie Bernhardt says she’s ‘committed to uniting behind one candidate’ for governor

State 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.

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Alford: Will lawmakers debate raising their own pay?

State 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.”

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New Louisiana laws target online pornography, delinquent taxpayers

Anonymous 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.

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New Louisiana law on age verification for porn sites could face legal challenge

"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."

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New Louisiana Law Forces You to Upload ID to Watch Porn Online

Landry, 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.

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