voting rights
May 11, 2018
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Lafayette Mayor-President Joel Robideaux joined local leaders and hospital officials in a press conference on Thursday to discuss the effects that the pending state budget cuts would have on the local community.
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78.1 percent- Louisiana’s high school graduation rate for 2017, the state’s highest ever. (Source: The Advocate)April 20, 2018
Facing a $648 million “fiscal cliff” caused by expiring tax revenue, a divided Louisiana House approved an operating budget Thursday that includes deep cuts to health care services for low-income families and TOPS college scholarships.
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6.27 - percentage of voting age African Americans in Louisiana that are disenfranchised because of past criminal convictions, compared to 3.04 percent of the general population in the state. (Source: The Pew Trusts)November 1, 2017
About 1,900 people who were imprisoned in Louisiana for nonviolent offenses are being released early today, due to the landmark criminal justice reforms enacted by the Legislature.