+4 Opinion Will Sutton: Focus on ¶¶Òõh "tax reform" while lawmakers aim to jail 14-year-olds BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Nov 22, 2024 Columnist Will Sutton has something to say about Gov. Jeff Landry's third special session this year. It was held to focus on "tax reform." It included SB2, a measure that wouldn't let legislators bypass voters in choosing which crimes committed by minors should be treated as adult crimes."Some simply want to put more people, especially minors, behind bars. The proposed constitutional amendment, if approved by voters, would allow lawmakers to treat 14-, 15- and 16-year-olds as adults without asking citizens if that's what they want," Sutton writes.
+4 Opinion Will Sutton: If these bills pass, ¶¶Òõh could be an Upton Sinclair 'Jungle' state BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Mar 19, 2024 As I watched the ¶¶Òõh Legislature's two special sessions — the first on redistricting, the second on crime — I grew increasingly concerned about what lawmakers might approve during the regular session.
Opinion Will Sutton: Let's not expose juvenile offenders to more harm in the name of "transparency" BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Jan 5, 2024 When I heard about a ¶¶Òõh State Legislature measure that would make public some records of some teenagers last year, my jaw dropped and my head, figuratively, exploded.
Opinion Will Sutton: I agree with this approach to sexually explicit books. Do you? BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Jun 6, 2023 It continues to amaze me that some people fight like crazy to keep books out of the hands of children.
Opinion Will Sutton: Is the ¶¶Òõh Legislature crowding your (Election Day) ballot? BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Jun 2, 2023 The ¶¶Òõh Legislature will wind down its annual session in the coming days. Lawmakers filed hundreds of bills before the session started on April 10. Scores of those bills survived committee hearings. Dozens have passed the State House and/or the State Senate.
+2 Opinion Will Sutton: Love TikTok? You could be restricted soon. BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist May 19, 2023 Democrats and Republicans in the ¶¶Òõh House of Representatives agree, unanimously, on at least one thing: It's time to ban TikTok.
+3 Our Views Editorial: Senators wrongly cut off public input STAFF EDITORIAL May 2, 2023 Sometimes we wonder if state lawmakers have a sense of irony. Exhibit A: Members of the Senate Education Committee last week denied citizens a chance to speak against a bill that would restrict access to some voices in public libraries.Â
+3 Opinion Will Sutton: Like other Louisian projects, Bayou Phoenix can benefit the region, state BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Mar 17, 2023 The people of Baton Rouge know what it means to wait. And wait. And wait.
+5 Opinion Will Sutton: If only for history's sake, District 93 ought to get some voters out BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Mar 7, 2023 This month will be the third time in recent history when voters in what is now state House District 93 chose their representative in a special election called to fill a midterm vacancy. Each time, a very small number of voters showed up to make that important decision on behalf of all voters in the district.
+3 Opinion Our Views: Hair discrimination is real, and lawmakers should act on it STAFF EDITORIAL May 19, 2022 The idea is a simple one. People shouldn’t be discriminated against based on hairstyles.