An info-collection related to Louisiana.
Child custody
If you have questions about child custody, visitation and child support, consult the online Louisiana Guide to Child Custody by Custody X Change. See also a study of alimony amounts that mentions Louisiana, which found it awarded high alimony compared to several other states.
If you prefer academic journal articles, see Katrina Disaster Family Law: The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Families and Family Law (PDF). By Sandie McCarthy-Brown & Susan L. Waysdorf. Indiana Law Review, Vol. 42:721, 2009.
The novel My Sunshine Away by M. O. Walsh, which starts with an incident in 1989, is about a Louisiana divorce.
Homeschooling
Homeschool in Louisiana: Diploma, graduation sold at nonpublic school | AP News
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits A House committee approved the bill along with others to reduce unemployment benefits and workers' compensation wages. James Finn, NOLA.com, April 18, 2024
Nature: What surrounds us
On October 23, 2023, smoke from marsh fires in the southern part of the state, together with fog, created a hazardous driving condition and led to a massive pile-up of cars. Since August, the Louisiana marsh fires have smelled like burning tires, says this person on Bluesky on November 5.
Oil spill tops 1 million gallons, threatens Gulf of Mexico wildlife As they work to contain the spill off the Louisiana coast, authorities are trying to determine if a pipeline was the source. Darryl Fears, Washington Post, November 21, 2023.
A ‘collapse’ is looming for Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, scientists say: Scientists say the overwhelming majority of the state’s wetlands — a natural buffer against hurricanes — are in a state of ‘drowning’ and could be gone by 2070. Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney. February 15, 2024
Redistricting
Supreme Court Unfreezes Louisiana Redistricting Case That Could Boost Power Of Black Voters (HuffPost, June 26, 2023) An appeals court has blocked the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional map (NPR, Sept 28, 2023)Louisiana lawmakers approve a congressional map with a second Black-majority district, Fredreka Schouten, CNN, January 19, 2024
"In the current phase of the dispute, a three-judge trial judge panel sided with a group of 12 self-described 'non-African American' voters who alleged that their 'personal dignity' had been injured because the new map with two Black-majority districts 'racially stigmatizes,' 'racially stereotypes' and 'racially maligns' them."
Black voters won a big victory in Louisiana. Some White voters said it violated their ‘personal dignity’, Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN, May 6, 2024
Supreme Court Orders Louisiana To Use Congressional Map With Additional Black District In 2024 Vote: The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. Mark Sherman, May 15, 2024
Solidarity and progress
"In Louisiana, during the chattel slavery system, the state followed the Code Noir, a French set of Christofascist laws that excluded Jewish people from living in any of the parishes or from owning slaves."
— Why Some Jewish People Believe Black People Owe Them Solidarity: Even though solidarity should not be transactional. Allison Wiltz, December 3, 2023.
Inside the collapse of Louisiana's Democratic Party: No cash, few candidates, internal fights (subscriber-only): Low turnout and poor enthusiasm about candidates underscore years of struggles for Louisiana Democrats. Sam Karlin and James Finn. Oct 20, 2023.
A new governor
Republican Jeff Landry Wins The Louisiana Governor's Race, Reclaims Office For GOP. Attorney General Jeff Landry has won Louisiana governor’s seat, fending off a crowded field of candidates. Sara Cline, HuffPost, Oct 14, 2023.
In April, just after Biden announced that Title IX would be expanded to explicitly cover trans people, "Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley was the first to respond, decrying the fact that the new Title IX regulations could block teachers and other students from exercising what has been dubbed by some a “right to bully” transgender students by using their old names and pronouns intentionally."
(Erin Reed, Four States Tell Schools To Ignore Biden's New Title IX Rules Protecting Trans Students, April 25, 2024)
Incarceration
"Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands." Robin McDowell and Margie Mason, Associated Press, January 29, 2024
“We’re Going to Be Overwhelmed”: How Louisiana Just Ballooned Its Jail Population Louisiana's governor championed a raft of new laws that double down on punishment, fueling a cycle of incarceration that sends more money into local sheriffs' coffers. Piper French, Bolts Mag, March 8, 2024
Religion
"A handful of extremely concerning bills are rapidly advancing through the Louisiana legislature. SB123 and HB334 would allow chaplains in public schools as volunteers or employees. Unfortunately, both were advanced with strong bipartisan support. HB71 passed the House and will move to the Senate. It would make Louisiana the first state to require schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The bill’s Christian nationalist author, Representative Dodie Horton, successfully passed a bill last year requiring public schools to display “In God We Trust.” On her latest effort to insert religion in schools, Horton said, “The Ten Commandments are the basis of all laws in Louisiana, and given all the junk our children are exposed to in classrooms today, it’s imperative that we put the Ten Commandments back in a prominent position.” Last but not at all least, the state is poised to pass a universal school voucher bill, HB475, even after investigative reporters revealed existing school privatization policies in Louisiana have driven families into low-performing private schools with little oversight."
— American Atheists email, April 13, 2024
Louisiana High Court: Priests Have a “Property Right” Not to Be Sued For Sexual Abuse: The legal system will never run out of ways to transform real-world harms into meaningless abstractions—all in service of insulating the wealthy and powerful from accountability. Steve Kennedy, Balls and Strikes, April 9, 2024
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