In her first term as a legislator, Landry has gotten the legislature to pass several of her bills related to pregnancy, including a ban on solitary confinement for people in prison who are pregnant or have just given birth, a bill expanding post-partum Medicaid care from 60 days to one year and a requirement that public high schools have policies in place for pregnant or parenting students.
Read More7. New Orleans Progressives — Incumbent state Rep. Mandie Landry overcame significant opposition from fellow Dems (including Gov. John Bel Edwards) to trounce newbie challenger Madison O’Malley in House District 91, and defense attorney Leon Roché easily bested former prosecutor Melanie Talia to win a special election for Criminal District Court judge. Which brings us to…
Read MoreThe turnout math was devastating to Democrats, and party bigwigs did themselves no favors by punting in races up and down the ballot, even as they aggressively pursued a losing challenge to progressive state Rep. Mandie Landry of New Orleans.
Read MoreOn Sunday, even as she celebrated her own win, Mandie Landry said she was preparing for a “sobering” stretch for her city. “I think there is going to be more of a push from Baton Rouge to interfere in New Orleans than usual,” she told Bolts. “I am not under any delusions.”
Read More"It is devastating to Louisiana women, but no surprise, that our violently anti-choice governor would endorse a former Republican who was endorsed by the Republican Party," she said in a statement. "What an embarrassment to our state."
Read MoreProposed by state Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, House Bill 165 would have put a constitutional amendment before voters this fall asking if they wanted a process that would allow the public to put issues directly on the ballot.
Read MoreProposed by state Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, House Bill 165 would have put a constitutional amendment before voters this fall asking if they wanted a process that would allow the public to put issues directly on the ballot.
Read More“I ran it by them because I know they’re also in favor of proper handling of guns and proper storage. And one of them literally said I don’t know how anybody could be against this,” said Rep. Landry.
Read MoreThe plaudits heaped on Landry are evidence enough that any meeting of the minds is regarded as little short of a miracle in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreAs the argument raged, Landry dug deeper into gun policy, and eventually found an approach that might actually gain bipartisan support on an emotional issue where shared opinion is rare.
Read MoreToday, DA Williams released a statement celebrating the passage of House Bill 307, authored by Representative Mandie Landry to enable greater enforcement and penalties for chronic blighting of properties and supporting a comprehensive public safety plan.
Read MoreThe new law, authored by state Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, allows criminal charges to be filed even if the administrative process of declaring a property blighted is not fully resolved.
Read More“Like I said on the floor like this, I can’t imagine what my trans friends have to feel like every day to go into a building where there’s so much stress and strain,” State Rep. Mandie Landry said.
Read MoreThey continued to jeer at Rep. Mandie Landry, another New Orleans Democrat, as she told the chamber about a friend of hers whose 10-year-old trans daughter had attempted suicide.
Read More"Where are they when we talk about our twenty-seven percent poverty rate? Where are they when we talk about the number one leading cause of death of pregnant when is homicide? When we talk about the lack of health care for women and kids," says Louisiana State Representative Mandie Landry.
Read MoreDistrict 91 state Rep. Mandie Landry said she had a “really successful session with some great statewide bills and several specific to New Orleans.” Landry’s popular HB 247 provides a $500 tax credit for individuals with firearms who purchase gun safes.
Read MoreDemocratic Louisiana House Rep. Mandie Landry spoke in depth about the most recent legislative session’s impact and the need for accountability from both of Louisiana’s political parties in addressing the plight of women and people in need of reproductive health care.
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