“The Louisiana resident buys the product, then the consumer loses their job and no longer has the money to buy the product that the state says was legal… We have a very strange circle here with the government not being very good at selling marijuana,” Landry said.
Read MoreBut the American Academy of Pediatrics supports gender-affirming healthcare. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry made the point that this point of care can be life saving for an individual with gender dysphoria.
Read More“I think if people in my district suddenly received a huge rate increase overnight and heard that the department couldn’t do anything about it, I think it would make people in the state even more irate,” said Landry.
Read More“If the people in my district suddenly received a huge rate increase overnight, and heard that the department couldn’t do anything about it, I think it would make people in the state even more irate,” Landry said.
Read MoreThe proposal’s sponsor, Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, cited civil court cases in Texas and Alabama that involved “disgruntled exes” who sued their pregnant former partners upon learning their pregnancies had ended. Ambiguity in existing law has some healthcare providers concerned they could be held liable or criminally responsible for a medically necessary abortion, she said.
Read MoreLouisiana’s abortion law is clear that abortions are no longer legal and that consequences will be handed down to those who perform them. But state Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, said when it comes to the mothers themselves, not everyone is on the same page.
Read MoreRep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, asked if such a law would prohibit civics classes from covering U.S. Supreme Court cases on same-sex marriage. No one answered her question.
Read More“This is a bill that would protect women from being criminalized or sued for the results of that pregnancy,” Landry said. “That means abortion, self-managed abortion, miscarriage or even suspicion of abortion.”
Read More“What we are hoping, and we think it might work, is to run the appeal process at the same time as the criminal process, to just kind of light a fire under them and say, ‘You really have to start fixing this or try to sell the property, because we’re going to put you in jail,’” Landry said.
Read MoreMandie Landry, state rep from New Orleans, says Louisiana was the first state in the country to feature a film tax credit program. Today, 38 other states have adopted the same feature.
Read MoreDemocratic New Orleans Rep. Mandie Landry said she believes pay is also a barrier to serving in the Legislature.
Read More"There's over $300 million in payroll taxes paid, about 10,000 jobs. I know so many people in the movie industry, they used to wait tables and now they have really steady jobs," Landry said.
Read MoreDemocratic New Orleans Rep. Mandie Landry, whose city is the epicenter of Louisiana’s film industry, said that citing the one study is “cherry-picking to spin a narrative.” She pointed out that the study does not account for other benefits of the industry, money spent in the state for supplies to create sets or locals employed for jobs — such as caterers — while filming occurs.
Read More“The big shifts started in the early 2000s and, apparently, dramatically increased since 2008. Since then, gerrymandering has added to the problem, creating much more racially segregated districts. And like the rest of the south, cultural/religious values have become more prominent in the state, which here trend far right,” said State Rep. Mandie Landry of New Orleans.
Read More"I couldn't say more good things about the industry," said Democratic New Orleans Rep. Mandie Landry, whose city is the epicenter of the industry. "I know so many people employed and it's an industry that doesn't poison people in this state. I want to see you stay and grow."
Read More"There are far too many families in New Orleans, and all across Louisiana, who are forced to live in sub-standard and often hazardous housing conditions, with few options, if any, to force delinquent landlords to make repairs or improve conditions," said District 91 Representative Mandie Landry. "I am grateful that this productive partnership with Mayor Cantrell and her administration will result in stronger state laws. House Bills 276 and 370 will give the City much needed tools to hold careless property owners accountable for ignoring the needs of their tenants and disregarding real quality of life issues."
Read More“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.
Read MoreLandry pointed out that minors who want to get around the age verification measures can set up a virtual private network (VPN) that allows a user to disguise their location. Virtual private networks typically take just a few minutes to set up and require no advanced computer knowledge.
Read MoreDemocratic New Orleans state Rep. Mandie Landry, one of the few Louisiana lawmakers who supports abortion rights, conceded that the Supreme Court ruling will have little impact in Louisiana other than for miscarriage management, where the drug can still be used up to 10 weeks.
Read MoreAnother part of Nelson’s bill would reduce funding for hospitals that treat uninsured patients. Under the new proposal, parishes would decide how much of that financial gap to cover. Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, said that could create large funding disparities among hospitals.
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