New Poll: 62.6% in Louisiana Support Medicaid Expansion

From Families USA: A poll released today reveals that expanding the Medicaid program as called for in the Affordable Care Act has the solid support--a 62 percent favorable response--of a ... Continue »

Why We Need Medicaid Expansion For Louisiana

Health Care Coverage For 400,000 Hard-Working Louisianians In Louisiana, the expansion means as many as 400,000 adults, mostly the “working poor,” will get coverage, with the lion’s share ... Continue »

We Must Value Life

Heartbreaking. And all too common. Yesterday's violence continues an intolerable trend in New Orleans: that of young men who do not value life, either their own or that ... Continue »

Jindal Voucher Program Ruled Unconstitional

From the Times-Picayune, some breaking news. Governor Bobby Jindal's voucher system is ruled unconstitutional by a 6-1 vote: The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that the current method of funding the statewide school voucher program ... Continue »

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Governor’s Administration Announces Major Health Care Cuts

Jul 16, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

This week, the Governor's office announced major cuts to our State's Medicaid program that provides health care to over 1 million children and low-income residents. The cuts come after a deal cut by Republicans in Congress to pass a standard highway funding measure. Despite Governor Jindal's, and Senator Vitter's, high profile in national Republican circles, it appears that they were unable ...

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Justice Johnson Is Rightfully Positioned To Be The Next Chief Justice Of Our Louisiana Supreme Court

Jul 2, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson, who has served as an Associate Justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court for nearly two decades, is poised to assume the office of Chief Justice February 1, 2013. She was first elected in 1994, and Justice Johnson is the second longest serving judge on the bench after current Chief Justice Kimball. ...

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Facts on the Affordable Care Act and Louisiana

Jun 22, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

The Affordable Care Act, the new health care law, is making a positive difference in our health care system. Just this week, the Obama Administration made three announcements about how the new law is helping people in Louisiana. Thanks to the health care law:  3.1 Million More Young Adults Have Health Insurance: Thanks to the health care law, ...

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Happy Father’s Day!

Jun 18, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

To All The Great Dads: Happy Father's Day! Happy Father's Day To my dad, and all the great fathers out there: We love you and thank you for all that you do for us! Enjoy your day and know we appreciate you! Sincerely, Karen

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A Statement on Governor’s Veto Of Equal Pay Task Force

Jun 11, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

This week the Louisiana House and Senate passed SB 577 which authorized the creation of an Equal Pay Task Force. The Task Force was to focus on understanding on why women earn so much less than men for equal work, to make recommendations to help close one of the nation’s largest gender pay gaps and ...

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THANK YOU For Your Generous Support!

Jun 5, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

THANK YOU TO ALL FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT! The event was a great success! This special event is co-hosted by the Honorable Councilmember At-Large Stacy Head, Councilmember Diana Bajoie, Councilmember Susan Guidry Councilmember Jon Johnson, Councilmember Cynthia Hedge Morrell, Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer and neighborhood, business and civic leaders Carol Allen, Jay Banks, Avis Brock, Sean Bruno, Nathan Chapman, Karl Connor, ...

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Senate Reverses Budget Cuts

Jun 2, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

This past week, the Senate voted to restore money to the State Budget in order to reverse the drastic cuts passed in the House. We constantly hear the mantra to do "more with less," but if these cuts had not been reversed, we would have been asking Louisianians to "do more with nothing at all." ...

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Governance: A Fable by John Lombardi

May 22, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

From the Inside Higher-Ed Blog "Reality Check": Governance: A Fable By John V. Lombardi Imagine a small, developing country of perhaps 3 million people. Like many other small developing countries, our imaginary nation is rich in natural resources, its economy has prospered on the export of agricultural crops and benefited from the revenue generated by petroleum production, refining, and ...

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From The Nation: Year of the (Young) Woman

May 21, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

From The Nation Magazine: Komen. Sandra Fluke. Transvaginal. The reason these words are instantly recognizable—the reason the “war on women” is now part of the national conversation—is largely thanks to younger women and online organizing. Behind every recent battle against the onslaught of sexism has been the energy and activism of young people—on blogs, Twitter, Tumblr ...

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Offering Viable Solutions But Progress Stymied By Partisanship

May 16, 2012 No Comments ›› atuozzolo

From the Times-Picayune: Sen. Karen Carter Peterson said pushing for a state-run health insurance exchange is not a partisan exercise, but the newly elected Louisiana Democratic Party chairwoman had little shot of winning such an argument with a panel dominated by Republicans. So, with a decisive 8-1 vote late Tuesday evening, the Louisiana Senate Finance Committee buried a bill that ...

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