Working toward a safer, cleaner, more prosperous Louisiana from the ground up
At Louisiana Progress, we help connect people to political power by partnering with local leaders and advocates to identify real problems facing Louisiana’s communities, develop grassroots-driven solutions to those problems, and build campaigns to turn those proposed solutions into effective state and local policies.
Through those grassroots partnerships, along with the work of our amazing College Fellows and our relationships with elected officials across the political spectrum, we have made significant progress on decriminalizing poverty, improving government and political campaign transparency, expanding labor protections, and shifting the narrative around clean air and water issues in Louisiana.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
-Margaret Mead
New Leaders & New Ideas
We’re developing the next generation of leaders through our College Fellows program, and introducing new ideas through meaningful, transformative public policy. By working effectively with legislators, community members, and our partners, we have led or co-led a campaign to pass 15 bills in the state legislature, including measures to:
Require the Louisiana State Police to collect and publish traffic stop data—Rep. Denise Marcelle, House Bill 89 (2023)
Require agencies that refer debt to the state Office of Debt Recovery to provide more information, including the nature and amount of the original offense and any fees and penalties that have been added to it–Rep. Vincent Pierre, House Bill 447 (2023)
Require digital political ads to follow the same disclosure and honesty rules as all other types of political ads–House Bill 188 by Rep. Debbie Villio (2022)
Outlaw debt-based incarceration, aka debtors’ prisons–House Bill 726 by Rep. Rodney Lyons (2022)
Limit when media outlets can publish mugshots and require those outlets to include a disclaimer that people are innocent until proven guilty when they do publish them–House Bill 729 by Rep. Royce Duplessis (2022)
Establish workplace protections for certain state workers who have medical marijuana recommendations–House Bill 988 by Rep. Mandie Landry (2022)
Decriminalize simple marijuana possession–House Bill 652 by Rep. Cedric Glover (2021)
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