Fighting for poor and working class Louisianans through solutions-driven public policy (aka @LAProgress, but we tweet here). https://teapawt.org/t.co/pSqf5TVo8u
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Meet Ivy Thornton, one of our college fellows from @SouthernU_BR. Ivy joined us at the start of the school year, and has been working on researching prediction markets during this fellows’ session.
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Disclaimer: Poll paid for by Jamie Davis. It shows him tied with Julia Letlow in Louisiana Senate race at 45. Letlow has big advantage in name recognition. Most political pros still think she will win. I have asked Letlow campaign to provide me with their latest numbers. I’ll tweet if they do #lalege #lagov nola.com/news/politics/trump…
Meet Keya Chanda-Rastogi! Keya, who is from Baton Rouge, joined us over the summer as a volunteer, and has stayed on as a college fellow while she studies at Vanderbilt University. She is currently researching private equity’s role on the ambulance/fire truck market.
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Eligible Entergy Louisiana customers can apply for a one-time $100 bill credit. The credit is issued through local United Way chapters throughout the state.
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Meet Cameron Valdez, one of our college fellows from @lsu. Since joining us in November, she has researched grocery store pricing collusion, and is currently looking into how surveillance pricing tactics are contributing to Louisiana’s affordability crisis.
Meet Alexandria Scott, one of our college fellows from ULL. Alex has been with us since March 2026. During that time, Alex has researched Louisiana’s switch to semi-closed primaries, and is currently looking into how AI is being used by employers to make workplace decisions.
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LOUISIANA TURNOUT SPIKE (DAY 6 UPDATE)
With Gret Stet EVing, I've almost always seen black turnout spike both on Saturday and (if a Tues election) the last 2 EV days of Monday and Tuesday. In 2022, black turnout was abysmal and Sen. John Kennedy easily won in the primary.
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Meet Jaiden Hines, one of our college fellows from @lsu. Since joining our team of college fellows, Jaiden has researched private debt collection practices in Louisiana, and is currently looking into how debit/credit card swipe fees are contributing to the affordability crisis.
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A class action lawsuit was filed today in Louisiana against sports betting companies, including FanDuel and DraftKings, alleging their apps are intentionally designed and marketed to induce and exploit addictive behavior.
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In case you missed it, yesterday we posted about our recent leadership changes at Louisiana Progress. Today, we wanted to give y’all a deeper dive by introducing the members of our team!
#louisiana #louisianaprogress
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A bartender traveling to New Orleans for tales of the cocktails was arrested by ICE at MSY and deported to a country she's never been to.
@rjamesfinn on how Louisiana has become the epicenter of ICE's deportations to countries people have no ties to nola.com/news/courts/alexand…
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folks talk about New Orleans as if it's literally On The Coast but
A) it's not
B) if fuller federal funding resumes we can fix the internal water & flooding systems tightly
C) the levees have held since 05
D) a lot of coastal restoration has been successful + we can afford more
what a new mayor can do >
New Orleanians feel increasingly optimistic about life in their city.
Nearly a third of respondents to an LSU New Orleans Quality of Life Survey released Mondaysaid they believe Orleans Parish has become a better place to live over the last five years — up from 17% in 2024. More than half of respondents say the city will become a better place to live in the next five years, up from 41% in 2024.
🧵 1/ We have an exciting announcement to make regarding recent leadership changes at Louisiana Progress! As of October 1, Dr. Angelle Bradford Rosenberg is our new Executive Director. Elai Levinson, has joined our team full-time as Policy & Operations Manager.
🧵 2/ Our long time Executive Director, Peter Robins-Brown, will be staying on as a Strategic Advisor, while also shifting into his new, full-time job as Assistant to the President/Political Director for the Louisiana AFL-CIO.
#louisiana #progress
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"Speculative data center debt is being repackaged and sold to pension and retirement funds, university endowments, and other institutional investors in a manner eerily reminiscent of the subprime bubble."
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