Folks, what are your favorite pieces of longform journalism in 2021, so I can read them over the holidays. I'll start with a couple I really liked: nytimes.com/2021/06/02/mag…
Louisiana lawmakers are holding the first hearing of a committee tasked with exploring legalizing recreational marijuana. You can watch it here: legis.la.gov/legis/video.as…#lalege#lagov
We're hearing testimony warning legalization will lead to a bunch of negative effects, like increased traffic fatalities, etc. Here's some fact-checking I did on this earlier this year theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…#lalege#lagov
The draft resolution would only call for closing congressional primaries, not statewide races. Will be interested to hear what @AGJeffLandry thinks about this. #lalege#lagov
Some of the more conservative Republicans in Louisiana want closed party primaries because they believe it will lead to those further to the right winning the nominations and elections. Currently we have jungle primaries where all candidates appear on one ballot #lalege#lagov
Trump supporters apparently upset with the outcome of the presidential election are rallying at the Louisiana state Capitol. Speaker mentioned “watermarked ballots” and says “don’t give up” #lalege#lagov
Signs say “Biden=communism” and “stop the steal.” All major networks and Fox News have called the race for president-elect Joe Biden. #lalege#lagov
Lanar Whitney, the RNC Rep for Louisiana, says “We will not go down without a battle.” #lalege#lagov
Shell is shuttering a Louisiana refinery that employs hundreds because it wants to "invest in a core set of uniquely integrated manufacturing sites that are also strategically positioned for the transition to a low-carbon future." #lalege#lagovtheadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…
Here's the long decline in Louisiana's mining and logging (oil and gas production included) and manufacturing (petroleum refining included) sectors #lalege#lagov
Interesting timing here: @LouisianaGov announces CF Industries, which makes nitrogen fertilizer, plans to spend money at its Donaldsonville site to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manufacture "carbon-free and low-carbon ammonia." #lalege#lagov
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder has commissioned a poll he sent to Republican members on covid issues, including a mask mandate (76% yes, 17% no) and whether voters support the petition to end restrictions (61% no, 22% yes, 17% undecided) scribd.com/document/47004…#lalege#lagov
Don't know if this is live caller or IVR, the poll doesn't say. It's Remington, which usually does a combo. Sample size is huge, 3,600. #lalege#lagov
This is the latest effort by Schexnayder to halt the effort by the House's more conservative members to end all of the state's coronavirus restrictions, which come as the state is seeing spikes in hospitalizations and cases #lalege#lagov