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Author: Malcolm Jenkins

Our kids deserve better: vote NO on 3

March 28, 2025 Updated March 27, 2025
"Accountability is about helping someone take responsibility and change," Malcolm Jenkins writes "It’s about making sure they never go back down that same road again. And for kids, that only works when you treat them like kids."

Senate Bill 8, which is now law, favors tyranny over justice

March 23, 2024 Updated March 23, 2024
The bill gives only the governor – not an independent board – the power to hand-pick the State Public Defender to run Louisiana’s public-defense system.

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